
by buddha the bard
Michael was supposed to deliver a trailer full of frozen food, not get struck by impossible lightning and thrown into another world. Now his semi has become an oversized wagon, his truck is a stubborn lightning ox named Betsy, and the roads ahead are ruled by cultivators, sects, and temperamental gods. With no money and no idea how cultivation works, Michael falls back on the one thing he understands: hauling freight. There is always cargo that needs moving, even in a fantasy world. But the storm that brought him here did not take him alone. Other strangers from Earth are appearing across the empire, each carrying strange powers and transformed companions. When Michael accepts what appears to be a simple relief shipment, he finds himself caught between rebels, cultivators, and a conflict that could tear the empire apart. The road is different. The job is the same. Pick up the cargo. Deliver it safely. Try not to start a war. What to Expect: A cozy but adventurous progression-fantasy steeped in Japanese and Chinese mythology, featuring: ✓ A grounded, blue-collar isekai protagonist Michael doesn’t want to be a hero, he wants to deliver cargo, earn a paycheck, and keep his spirit ox happy while he figures out this new world. ✓ A slow-burn, wholesome romance Michael and Niku’s relationship grows through road trips, bathhouses, quiet nights, and shared danger. ✓ Slice-of-life meets danger on the road. Meals with caravan workers. Chatting with smiths. Attacked by illusions. Taking delivery jobs. It’s a world that feels lived-in. ✓ Cultivation that feels accessible. No immortality lectures or 50-chapter meditations—just a man learning how to use grit, and a whole lot of stubbornness as he finds his path in the universe. ✓ Kami, spirit beasts, and quiet mysteries. Strange footprints. Fallen gods. Corrupted sects. A conspiracy that’s barely starting to surface. ✓ Multiple story threads quietly awakening. Silas, Aki, the Chens: secondary characters whose arcs will grow across Volumes 2 and 3. ✓ Vibes: Cozy → Adventurous → Danger → Heartfelt Perfect for fans of cultivation fantasy, blue-collar heroes, animal companions, found family, and road-trip adventures across dangerous new worlds. Smokey and the Bandit meets Beware of Chicken in this blue-collar portal fantasy about a trucker, his lightning ox, and a cargo run that could start a war.
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| 1 | Ch 01: Where Are the Plows? | 0 |
| 2 | Ch 02: Maybe He's Just Dull | 0 |
| 3 | Ch 03: I Might Need a Map | 0 |
| 4 | Ch 04: The Bigger Gut Just Means I can have a Bigger Core | 0 |
| 5 | Ch 05: It's Not Work, It's an Adventure | 0 |
| 6 | Ch 06: The Lying Lily, Part One | 0 |
| 7 | Ch 07: You're a What Now? (Lying Lily cont....) | 0 |
| 8 | Ch 40: Young Silas meets a Mother | 0 |
| 9 | Ch 35: Silas's Apprentice | 0 |
| 10 | Ch 36: Silas, Reiko grows a Core | 0 |
| 11 | Ch 39: Silas's Meeting | 0 |
| 12 | Ch 41: Silas, The Mother Returns | 0 |
| 13 | Ch 8: Really Betsy, I'll be right Here | 0 |
| 14 | Ch 9: Hello there | 0 |
| 15 | Ch 9: There's Sumo Here?! | 0 |
| 16 | Ch 10: Tastes better than diesel, huh? | 0 |
| 17 | *Bonus* Ox-Kun | 0 |
| 18 | Ch 11: No, I don't need the mouse coming after me | 0 |
| 19 | Ch 12: Welcome to Yoshino City | 0 |
| 20 | Ch 13: I never got any lizards back home | 0 |
| 21 | Ch 14: I did a cultivation technique! | 0 |
| 22 | Ch 16: Adrian on Basil Street | 0 |
| 23 | Ch 17: Adrian Isekai’d at the Lily | 0 |
| 24 | Ch 18: Adrian Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff | 0 |
| 25 | Ch 19: Adrian at The Lying Lily | 0 |
| 26 | Ch 15: The Lying Lily, Part Two | 0 |
| 27 | Ch 20: It’s important to give a strong handsha… | 0 |
| 28 | Ch 21: The Glorious Dudism Sect | 0 |
| 29 | Ch 22: Johnny, People Get Sucked into a Video Game? | 0 |
| 30 | [Happy Halloween!] The Night of Returning Lanterns (Part One) | 0 |
| 31 | [Happy Halloween!] The Night of Returning Lanterns (Part Two) | 0 |
| 32 | Ch 23: Johnny, What a Way to Lose some Sleep | 0 |
| 33 | Ch 24: Johnny, You're into Martial Arts, aren't you? | 0 |
| 34 | Ch 25: Johnny, We Were Looking to Join | 0 |
| 35 | Ch 26: What Child Drew This? | 0 |
| 36 | Ch 27: The Beggar, A New girl | 0 |
| 37 | Ch 28: Amber, The Butterfly | 0 |
| 38 | Ch 29: Amber, Lightning in a Bottle | 0 |
| 39 | Ch 30: Amber, New World | 0 |
| 40 | Ch 31: You win, Let's Roll! | 0 |
| 41 | Ch 32: After all, her name is Betsy | 0 |
| 42 | Ch 33: Well, hopefully, I won’t have an extra seat | 0 |
| 43 | Ch 34: I'm Pretty Sure We Died | 0 |
| 44 | Ch 37: Rebellion? | 0 |
| 45 | *Bonus* Overdrive to the Top, Part One | 0 |
| 46 | Ch 38: Okie dokie, have a good one, buddy! | 0 |
| 47 | *Bonus* Overdrive to the Top, Part Two | 0 |
| 48 | *Bonus* Overdrive to the Top, Part Three | 0 |
| 49 | *Bonus* Overdrive to the Top, Part Four | 0 |
| 50 | Ch 42: The Roaming Restaurant - New Opportunities | 0 |
| 51 | Ch 43: Silas, Waking Up | 0 |
| 52 | Ch 44: Silas, Leaving Home | 0 |
| 53 | Ch 45: Silas, Ruined | 0 |
| 54 | Ch 46: When did she leave this? | 0 |
| 55 | Ch 47: I haven’t even played anything yet | 0 |
| 56 | Ch 48: The Roaming Restaurant - Toyo Village | 0 |
| 57 | Ch 49: The Roaming Restaurant - Lunch | 0 |
| 58 | Ch 50: We’re looking for Sanroku | 0 |
| 59 | Ch 51: A minion and a goblin had a baby | 0 |
| 60 | [Happy Thanksgiving!] Ashes at the Table (Part One) | 0 |
| 61 | [Happy Thanksgiving] Ashes at the Table (Part Two) | 0 |
| 62 | Ch 52: Did you just fall from the stupid tree? | 0 |
| 63 | Ch 53: What was that? | 0 |
| 64 | Ch 54: The Dao of Traveling | 0 |
| 65 | Ch 55: The Beggar - Traveling West | 0 |
| 66 | Ch 56: I think this is Lijiang | 0 |
| 67 | Ch 57: Come on Betsy, let’s see the city | 0 |
| 68 | Ch 58: Another Rush Job | 0 |
| 69 | Ch 59: I’ve always wanted to do disaster relief | 0 |
| 70 | Ch 60: Your mother was a mudder | 0 |
| 71 | Epilogue..... Minoru | 0 |
| 72 | [Merry Christmas!] Night of Silver Snow, Bucket of Gold | 0 |
| 73 | Ch 63: It Was Just a Bad Dream | 0 |
| 74 | Ch 64: Wind? | 0 |
| 75 | Ch 65: Obsidian | 0 |
| 76 | Ch 66: Can I Talk to You? | 0 |
| 77 | Ch 67: I’m from another world | 0 |
| 78 | Ch 68: Silas - The Jade Mountain Sect | 0 |
| 79 | Ch 69: Minoru and Teru | 0 |
| 80 | Ch 70: I’m sorry, a cult? | 0 |
| 81 | Ch 71: Sweet Country Roads | 0 |
| 82 | Ch 61: This is amazing | 0 |
| 83 | Ch 72: The Roaming Restaurant - Moving On | 0 |
| 84 | Ch 73: David’s Corner Grocer,Trying to Open | 0 |
| 85 | Ch 74: David’s Corner Grocer, Isekai’d | 0 |
| 86 | Ch 75: David’s Corner Grocer,The Red Scarf Gang | 0 |
| 87 | Ch 76: KA-THOOM | 0 |
| 88 | Ch 77: I met a Dwarf! | 0 |
| 89 | Ch 78: The Beggar, Traveling West Part Two | 0 |
| 90 | Ch 79: She's Just Always Angry | 0 |
| 91 | Ch 80: That's Why You Like Me | 0 |
| 92 | Ch 81: Silas - The Caravan North | 0 |
| 93 | Ch 82: The Lying Lily Part Three | 0 |
| 94 | Ch 83: Silas - The Caravan | 0 |
| 95 | Ch 84: Never Get a Day Off | 0 |
| 96 | Ch 85: What’d she do, go bowling? | 0 |
| 97 | Ch 86: You were gonna say weird! | 0 |
| 98 | Ch 87: The Roaming Restaurant - The Taste of Trouble | 0 |
| 99 | Ch 88: The Beggar, Ice in the Desert | 0 |
| 100 | Ch 89: Is This Going to hurt? | 0 |
| 101 | Ch 90: Where do you get Off? | 0 |
| 102 | Ch 91: Yeah, Why Wouldn't We? | 0 |
| 103 | Ch 92: Just Call me Maikeru | 0 |
| 104 | Ch 93: Well, We Are Pretty Important | 0 |
| 105 | Ch 94: The Whole Universe Surrenders | 0 |
| 106 | Ch 95: Silas, Opposite Paths | 0 |
| 107 | Ch 96: Silas, A Son at the Door | 0 |
| 108 | Ch 97: Let’s go have a date with the Emperor | 0 |
| 109 | Ch 98: I Just Need The Other Thing | 0 |
| 110 | Ch 99: Here We Go | 0 |
| 111 | Ch 100: What The Universe May Hold | 0 |
| 112 | Ch 101: A deal struck | 0 |
| 113 | Ch 102: The Emperor is Coming | 0 |
| 114 | Ch 103: On Coin Street | 0 |
| 115 | Ch 104: I Am Usually Wrong | 0 |
| 116 | Ch 105: The Plum Wine Was Something | 0 |
| 117 | Ch 106: Silas, No Sons | 0 |
| 118 | Ch 107: Yeah well, dragons you know? | 0 |
| 119 | Ch 108: The Lightning Queen | 0 |
| 120 | Ch 109: I know it’s Late | 0 |
| 121 | Ch 110: Silas, Rewritten | 0 |
| 122 | Ch 111: I wanted to see the city | 0 |
| 123 | Ch 112: The Roaming Restaurant - Rice | 0 |
| 124 | Ch 113: The Roaming Restaurant - Wok of the Sleeping Mountain | 0 |
| 125 | Ch 114: The Beggar - Night Work | 0 |
| 126 | Ch 115: The Beggar - Blood from the North | 0 |
| 127 | Ch 116: Every time | 0 |
| 128 | (117) Epiloge: The Dragon's Whisper | 0 |
| 129 | *Bonus* Ox-Kun Part 2 | 0 |
| 130 | Ch 118: Three at the Door | 0 |
| 131 | Ch 119: The Great Bear Heart | 0 |
| 132 | Ch 120: Salt and Iron | 0 |
| 133 | Ch 121: Minoru - The Silent Kami | 0 |
| 134 | Ch 122: Room for the wounded | 0 |
| 135 | Ch 123: Queen, huh? | 0 |
| 136 | Ch 124: Expecting Trouble | 0 |
| 137 | Ch 125: Oh, balls | 0 |
| 138 | Ch 126: That Was Kyo | 0 |
| 139 | Ch 127: Kyo's path | 0 |
| 140 | ch 128: I'm a Traveler | 0 |
| 141 | Ch 129: It Didn't come Up! | 0 |
| 142 | Ch 130: KA-THOOM, again | 0 |
| 143 | Ch 131: Goodbye, Emperor | 0 |
| 144 | Ch 132: The Lying Lily Part 4: Abracadabra | 0 |
| 145 | ch 133: The Lying Lily Part 4 (cont) - Who Was That Guy? | 0 |
| 146 | Ch 134: The Lying Lily Part 4 (cont): Can a god die? | 0 |
| 147 | Ch 135: Starlight | 0 |
| 148 | Ch 136: Silas, A Different Kind of Void | 0 |
| 149 | Ch 137: Cold Exit | 0 |
| 150 | Ch 138: The Right Trade Wind | 0 |
| 151 | Ch 139: Aki, The Great Fire | 0 |
| 152 | *Meta* Chapter rearranging | 0 |
| 153 | Ch 140: Aki, The Hunt Begins | 0 |
| 154 | Ch 141: We're crashing! | 0 |
| 155 | Ch 142: Where to go | 0 |
| 156 | Ch 143: Silas, Memories | 0 |
| 157 | Ch 144: Silas, Reunion | 0 |
| 158 | Ch 145: Silas, The Cove Garden Retreat | 0 |
| 159 | Ch 146: Silas, A Dragon | 0 |
| 160 | Ch 147: Blind Beggar Guy | 0 |
| 161 | Ch 148: The Beggar, Hunt | 0 |
| 162 | Ch 149: You’re Not Zatoichi | 0 |
| 163 | Ch 150: The Kami | 0 |
| 164 | Ch 151: His Spirit Ate Someone? | 0 |
| 165 | Ch 152: Yeah, I'll go | 0 |
| 166 | Ch 153: Yeah, Not Usually | 0 |
| 167 | Ch 154: That's Not Good | 0 |
| 168 | Ch 155: Still With Us? | — |
| 169 | Ch 156: A Whale and Petunias | — |
| 170 | Ch 157: Silas, The Space Between | — |
| 171 | Ch 158: Silas, The First Gate | — |
| 172 | Ch 159: You Want the Strong to Rule | — |
| 173 | Ch 160: Demonic Cultivator?! | — |
| 174 | Ch 161: I Guess He Has a Friend | — |
| 175 | Ch 162: The Kami, Three Keys | — |
| 176 | Ch 163: I'm Home | — |
| 177 | Ch 164: Home is Where the Heart is | — |
| 178 | Ch 165: The Kami's Prison | — |
| 179 | Ch 166: They're Working | — |
| 180 | Ch 167: Yin and Yang | — |
| 181 | Ch 168: As Long as We Have a Plan | — |
| 182 | Ch 169: Moon Mana | — |
| 183 | Ch 170: Stop that | — |