Dao of Deception: Reborn as a Forgotten Immortal

One click, one blackout—and Xun Mao's mundane life shatters. He wakes bound in bloodied hay, a wanted fugitive in a world where cultivation hides darker truths. A farmer with a hoe stands over him, eyes gleaming with greed: "The court pays well for your kind." Stripped of everything but his wits, Xun Mao must navigate a realm where Daoist sects conceal sinister secrets and immortality comes at a price. In this slow-burn journey through deception and power, survival is just the beginning—mastery of the Dao is the only way forward.