After rebirth i no longer want to be the canon fodder

Mu Chen lay on his bed in deep thought. What should one do after transmigrating into the body of a second-rate man who, according to the original novel, backed out of his marriage for a white lotus, threw his money away for a white lotus, fought to the death with the male lead for a white lotus, and eventually got his father killed and died!?

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Struck by lightning, Mu Chen's soul transmigrates into the body of a fool cannon fodder in a cultivation novel he had once read. Now that he has taken over the body, Mu Chen refuses to end up in the same tragic way as the original soul; instead, he works hard to reach the pinnacle of this cultivation world while facing off against the protagonist shou and chasing his childhood fiancé, Shi'er.