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Lin Xiaotang, a modern student who failed the college entrance exam, travels back in time to become a poor ancient scholar who just flunked the imperial exam. While moping by the palace wall, he’s suddenly pressed by the wounded female Dao Master Yun Qingyue to accept half a century of cultivation! Before he can react, he’s tasked with “uncovering the immortal conspiracy in the palace.” With his new powers, he exposes the imperial concubine’s fox demon possession, saves the emperor from a lethal curse, and instantly becomes the emperor’s trusted advisor. But soon, he faces frame-ups from powerful officials and hunts from demon cultivators—only to discover Yun Qingyue’s “forced cultivation” was just to make him a “decoy”! While navigating palace power struggles and rising through the ranks, he bickers and flirts with the tsundere Yun Qingyue. Little does Lin know, his failed exam and time travel are part of a millennium-old bet between immortals and mortals…
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