Fired at Forty: I’ll Just Become an Immortal Instead

At forty-two, Ethan Lu is unceremoniously fired from his corporate job after eighteen years of loyal service, triggered by a spilled cup of coffee on his petty boss's shoes. Humiliated in front of younger colleagues who mock him as a 'company fossil,' Ethan faces a bleak future. But when he stumbles upon an ancient cultivation manual in a dusty bookstore, he decides to trade office politics for the path of immortality. This urban fantasy blends midlife crisis with xianhua tropes, as a middle-aged man embraces cultivation to reclaim his destiny.