Xu Yuan was originally a normal modern human.
Not a genius.
Not a scholar.
Not chosen.
Just an ordinary university graduate who loved reading long cultivation webnovels.
His only defining traits:
Analytical mindset
Patient reader
Loved slow-burn power systems
Obsessed with side characters and hidden lore
He preferred: Not the protagonist.
But the characters who almost mattered.
The Night of Transmigration
One night, after finishing a 2000+ chapter webnovel titled:
"Era of Ten Thousand Destinies"
He felt frustrated.
Not because the story was bad.
But because:
The world was incredible.
The power system deep.
The lore vast.
Yet countless side characters:
Died meaninglessly
Wasted opportunities
Were crushed by destiny
Among them was one character he remembered clearly:
Xu Yuan
A pathetic, disliked, cowardly side character
He closed the novel thinking:
"If someone like him had knowledge of the future…
he wouldn't need to crawl."
That was his last memory.
The Moment of Death
No truck-kun. No lightning.
He simply fell asleep.
And never woke up.
Instead—
He opened his eyes inside Xu Yuan's body.
No divine explanation
No godly welcome
Just cold rain and inherited memories