Cosmic Jester: No Cultivation Needed

Chen Xing’s corpse-refining lackey gig ends when a fat cat reveals itself as Augusta—exiled star-entity. Deal: gold bars to stop octopus/husky-possessed aliens leaking Earth’s location. He gains time-rewind powers (fails), evolves time-clipping knives (survives), gets captured by fake saviors wanting his spine-energy. Rescued by Augusta hijacking troopers and alien ex-hostiles, he bonds with sentient jellyfish Diandian.

Final play: hacks enemy planet into declaring universal war; unleashes sacrificed 4D ghosts to vaporize dimension-cannon. With Earth saved, he rejects retirement—crowned cosmic jester with his star-drifters. Some clowns save galaxies.