Dragon Country, Dragon Tiger Mountain, Shangqing Tao.
Staring at himself in the mirror, Lu Heng was dumbfounded, looking utterly confused.
The reflection in the mirror was actually a delicate-looking young Daoist!
"I just closed my eyes for a nap, how did I time travel?"
"This is truly ridiculous, like Ridiculous opening the door for Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"
Lu Heng was not originally from this world.
Half an hour ago, after finishing his 996 work shift, he went home and immediately fell asleep.
Who would have thought that when he opened his eyes again, he had inexplicably become a time traveler, inhabiting the body of a young Daoist?
The young Daoist’s name was "Qingfeng", who had just celebrated his eighteenth birthday yesterday and took his last breath today.
[Celestial Destiny System has been loaded for the host, please check on your own...]
"Hmm?"
Hearing this voice, Lu Heng’s eyes suddenly lit up.
As expected!
The golden finger of a time traveler might be late, but it never misses the show!
"System!"
He silently called out in his heart.
With his call, a simple system interface instantly materialized in his mind.
Host: Lu Heng (Dao name: Qingfeng)
Age: 18
Status: Terminal stage of leukemia, not long to live
Cultivation: None
Cultivation Technique: None
Magical Treasure: None
Life Span: 0
[System Notice: Due to terminal leukemia, the host only has 30 days of life left. Please extend your lifespan as soon as possible; otherwise, the host will completely perish...]
This sudden notice instantly dispelled the joy Lu Heng felt after obtaining the system.
A month’s lifespan, how the hell am I supposed to play?
[System Notice: Every 10 life span points can be exchanged for one lottery draw, with prizes including pills to extend life and cultivation techniques. Please strive to accumulate life span points!]
The system’s subsequent notice made him sigh with relief.
It seemed the situation he faced wasn’t entirely doomed!
"So the key to the Celestial Destiny System lies in this ’Life Span’!"
Feeling this insight, Lu Heng carefully studied his Celestial Destiny System.
He discovered that to obtain "Life Span" points, he had to change other people’s fates.
Once a living being’s predetermined destiny changes, the Heavenly Dao will change accordingly.
And the system can seize this opportunity to fish in troubled waters, absorbing the changing power from the Heavenly Dao and converting it into the "Life Span" he needs.
As for how to change other people’s destinies?
It’s not exactly difficult.
This Celestial Destiny System has another function; it can consume its own remaining life span to calculate the past and future of living beings.
In simple terms, it’s sacrificing your own life to change someone else’s destiny...
At this thought, Lu Heng felt a chill in his heart.
With only one month’s lifespan, he couldn’t afford to squander it!
But aside from this, he couldn’t think of any other way to extend his life for now.
After thinking carefully, he decided to sacrifice a bit.
However, the world the young Daoist was in was also technologically advanced.
Fortune-telling and the like were considered superstitious practices, with few believers.
When destitute, think of changes.
After a moment of pondering, Lu Heng had an idea pop into his head, which was—stream fortune-telling!
In this world, streaming was also very popular, with many people enjoying watching streams to relax during their leisure time.
And this provided him with a chance to cast a wide net and catch many fish.
With so many people online, there was bound to be one he could hoodwink.
Lu Heng selected a streaming platform called "Douhu", registered an account, and started a stream.
To avoid exposing himself, he deliberately put on a mask.
Many visitors stayed out of curiosity upon entering the stream room.
"Is the streamer going to do some shamanic dance on the stream?"
"Use your eyes to donate to those in need, don’t you see the streamer’s wearing Daoist robes?"
"A Daoist and shamanic dance, is there any point to this?"
"Taiwan has the Electronic Third Prince, let’s have an Electronic Shamanic Dance!"
"Streamer, hurry up with the dance, I’m getting impatient!"
The banter from the viewers caused the stream’s popularity and traffic to rise slightly.
Yet no one had asked for fortune-telling yet.
But Lu Heng wasn’t anxious; after all, the fish would eventually bite!
...
Douhu Live, in an outdoor stream room.
"Damn, it’s been the whole afternoon, why haven’t I caught a single fish?"
As an outdoor streamer, Hu’s stream room has never had less than ten million viewers.
While not a top-tier streamer, it was still an impressive number.
However, today seemed to be an unlucky day for Hu, as he spent the whole afternoon fishing without catching a single fish, nearly throwing his fishing rod in frustration.
"Haha, Hu went fishless today again!"
"Brother Hu, instead of fishing, why not stream something with the missus?"
"Yeah, stream with the missus, I’ll shower you with Cloud-Piercing Arrows!"
"Fishing streams are boring, how about a hook-up stream instead!"
"My Brother Hu is handsome and well-endowed; he could buy a seaside villa in one day with a hook-up stream."
"The hook-up you guys are talking about had better just be a hook-up!"
"Fellas, give me the hook-up stream platform, save a child’s life!"
"1024! A good man lives a safe life!"
Seeing Hu fishless was almost causing the viewers to laugh to tears.
Banter and ridicule came flooding in.
"Brothers, don’t go off the rails here!"
"I don’t want to land in jail!"
Hu glanced at the comments and quickly changed the topic to prevent his stream from getting banned.
"Don’t worry, Brother Hu, if you get jailed, I’ll take care of the missus!"
"Count me in, we can’t let the missus be alone!"
"Your plans are so loud I can hear them from miles away."
The playful banter from the viewers lightened Hu’s mood despite the fishless day.
"Never mind, no fishing today, looks like I didn’t check the calendar before going out."
"How about we go room hopping instead and check out interesting streamers?"
As he packed his things, Hu talked to himself.
In the studio where he worked, many new streamers had signed up, and he needed to help them attract some viewers.
So, when he said "room hopping," he actually meant pulling some traffic for the newbies.
"Brother Hu, the missus is pregnant, bottled you up, didn’t she?"
"I bet, the woman in Room 114514 yesterday was quite wild!"
"What woman? How come I didn’t see her?"
"Hu, if you like other women, just say, I don’t mind taking the baton!"
"Brother Hu, maybe you should try a different flavor..."
"Whoa, you guys are as boastful as a cow sitting on a plane!"
After putting away his fishing gear, Hu laughed, "Today, we’re not watching female streamers..."
"666! Brother Hu finally realized that women are just for childbirth, and men are the true love!"
"You are one, one, one..."
"Boo hoo, I finally waited for this day, Brother Hu, hurry and spoil me!"
"Duck egg or no duck egg, oyster or no oyster!"
"Why are there so many zeros in this room? It’s hard for us 0.5s to fit in!"
Seeing how the viewers were getting further and further off track, Hu quickly emphasized: "Give me some face, don’t go off-topic!"
With that, Hu prepared to start checking rooms.
Just as he was searching for rooms from his studio, one particular streaming room caught his attention.
[Sensual Celestial Master, Online Fortune Telling]
Hu was taken aback and exclaimed, "Is there actually online fortune-telling now? How incredible is that?"