[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-cultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m":3,"chapter-cultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m-cultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m-chapter-1":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Cultivating in Reverse: My Sign-In System Wants Me Dead",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":18,"prevChapterSlug":19,"totalChapters":20,"novelImage":21},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":12,"translator":16,"content_hash":17},1373003,1814,"Chapter 1 - The Ethereal Senior Brother is Starving","cultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m-chapter-1",1,"\u003Cp>The morning mist clung to the jagged peaks of the Radiant Sky Sect like tattered silk. At the highest point of Clear Cloud Peak, a figure sat motionless against the rising sun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai looked less like a man and more like a painting of a lonely deity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His long, raven hair flowed over a robe of snow-white crane feathers and his skin was so pale it seemed carved from translucent mutton-fat jade. His features were sharp and his eyes were seemingly gazing into the very secrets of the Great Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To any onlooker, he was the personification of \"untouchable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few yards away, a young female disciple stood frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her breath hitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wore the crisp, silver-lined robes of an Inner Sect disciple, having recently ascended to Verdant Peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet, looking at Su Bai, she still felt like a lowly outer sect servant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’He’s so beautiful it’s frightening,’ she thought. ’Is he contemplating the laws of the universe? Or perhaps mourning the plight of the mortal realm?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, Su Bai was wondering if the mold on his last loaf of bread was green or blue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a presence and slowly turned his head. His movements were fluid, graceful, and to the girl... intimidatingly elegant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When his gaze landed on her, she squeaked and dropped into a deep bow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai let out a long, melodious sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Six years. It had been six years since Su Bai \"woke up\" in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his previous life, he had been a corporate slave. A man whose blood was 40% caffeine and whose soul was owned by a tech conglomerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had died at his desk, staring at a spreadsheet. When he opened his eyes again, he was a twelve-year-old boy being carried up a mountain by the Sect Master himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At twelve, this body was already in the Foundation Establishment Realm. In the cultivation world, he was a rare seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His coworkers back on Earth would have been green with envy. He had skipped the \"9-to-5\" of the mortal world and gone straight to the executive suite of immortality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem is...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai had absolutely no memories of the body’s original owner. He had no idea who he was, where he came from, or how a twelve-year-old had managed to reach Foundation Establishment in the first place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he never got the chance to find out. Because the moment he tried to practice the Radiant Sky Manual, his life became a living nightmare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While others felt the \"warmth of Qi,\" Su Bai felt like he was swallowing broken glass and gargling molten lead. The more he cultivated, the more his power leaked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t progress, he regressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sect Elders had been horrified. They tested his spirit root and recoiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t a vibrant Wood Root like they expected. It looked like a piece of charred, blighted driftwood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A curse,\" they whispered. \"He was too talented. The Heavens grew jealous and withered his roots.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Su Bai knew better. It wasn’t the Heavens. It was his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He speculated that he might have a bizarre allergy to spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit rice? It burned his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure spring water? It felt like acid in his stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-grade pills? They violently destroyed his cultivation base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because of this, he had completely fallen from Foundation Establishment. He crashed through Qi Refining and was now sitting squarely in the Body Forging Realm... the absolute lowest tier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was essentially a fragile mortal with a very fancy title.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother,\" the girl called out sweetly, pulling him from his thoughts. \"I... I have brought your monthly allowance. Ten low-grade spirit stones, a bag of spirit rice, and a jar of pure spring water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai nodded slowly then gestured toward a flat rock. \"Place it there, Junior Sister Liu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Meng obeyed instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Years ago, she had been a struggling outer sect disciple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was when Su Bai, realizing he couldn’t eat \"immortal food\" without agonizing pain, had descended to the market. He had traded his high-grade rations for the cheapest, most pathetic mortal food he could find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the outer sect disciples, Su Bai was a saint. He gave them Spirit Rice in exchange for stale bread and cheap, watered-down tavern wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because of those trades that Liu Meng had skyrocketed into Foundation Establishment and entered the Inner Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They thought he was testing their karma or showing \"righteous benevolence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In truth, Su Bai had just been trying to survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since his body seemed to violently reject anything beneficial, he discovered that things devoid of spiritual energy... bypassed the agonizing pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cheap tavern wine didn’t hurt him as much as the pure spring water. But the real breakthrough was the bread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even \"normal\" bread had a tiny bit of grain essence that made his stomach ache. It wasn’t until he let a loaf sit in the corner of his hut and turn fuzzy with mold that he found salvation. The mold had killed the spiritual essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating moldy bread was the first time in years he had actually felt full. It had made him cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior Brother,\" Liu Meng asked. \"Will you be coming down to the market again? The handymen and outer sect brothers and sisters still speak of your generosity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai sighed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her, it sounded like the wind through bamboo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, it was the sound of a man who missed pizza but would settle for fermented dough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps,\" he said softly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Meng beamed. \"As expected of Senior Brother! You are the model of our Righteous Sect. Six years of helping the weak without fail... I am so glad I got to know you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai looked away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’I’m not helping them, Meng. I’m just trying not to starve to death on a mountain of gold.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Meng hesitated, becoming fidgety. Then, with a flash of light from her storage ring, she summoned a neatly wrapped box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She presented it to Su Bai with both hands, bowing deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Happy 18th birthday, Senior Brother!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai blinked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>18? Right. Today was the day. Back on Earth, 18 meant adulthood. Here, it just meant another year of being a beautiful, starving fraud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His heart softened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To him, Liu Meng was just a kid. He still felt like the middle-aged guy who died of overwork.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of taking the gift immediately, he reached out and gently patted her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you as always, Meng. I appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl’s face turned bright red. She thrust the box into his hands, squeaked, and bolted down the mountain path, completely forgetting she could now fly on a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai watched her go. His pale face finally formed a genuine smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened the box to find a flask of high-grade wine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’At least someone cares,’ he thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, the world went still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The birds fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold and mechanical sound echoed directly inside his skull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ting!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Condition Met: Host has reached the age of 18.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Sign-In System has been unlocked.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Bai froze, the flask of wine halfway to his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>.....\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you kidding me?\" he whispered to the empty peak. \"I had to eat moldy bread for six years before you showed up?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1219,"2026-06-05T21:50:39.844Z","novelbin.me","0bce049ff9b80ec1c1b5be472837100e4d66878d9c1c6bfba6f94debe7f52b3a","cultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m-chapter-2",null,87,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fcultivating-in-reverse-my-sign-in-system-wants-m-cover.jpg"]