Ascension Failed, I Returned to Earth and Plundered the Alien Farm

After three thousand years of relentless cultivation, Gu Chen rose to become a top-tier Dao Lord in the immortal realm. But at the very moment of his final ascension, he shattered the age‑old illusion: what everyone called transcending tribulations and attaining enlightenment was never the true path—it was merely a resource‑harvesting assembly line run by a higher‑dimensional alien civilization. The entire vast cultivation world was nothing more than an alien farm designed to drain spiritual energy for capital. Every being labored through endless cycles of reincarnation and tribulation, unwittingly working for free. The Heavenly Dao was just a maintenance program, the immortals and gods were middle management, and the harder one cultivated, the more of their foundational essence was reaped. Seeing through the deception, Gu Chen abandoned ascension, shattered the rules, and reincarnated back to his teenage years on Earth. This time, he rejects the grind and the suffering, holding the one‑of‑a‑kind bug‑level privilege in the farm. While others cultivate to export resources outward, he lies low, exploits loopholes, and reverse‑drains the farm’s origin energy. Genius sect disciples burn the midnight oil only to become disposable fuel, while the divine higher‑ups desperately try to stabilize production—only to watch their output systems crumble one after another.