[Incredible luck + Lao Deng by your side + Average aptitude + Starting as a menial worker + Code + Filial piety + Just luck + Becoming an immortal in ten years]

First year of entry.

Wang Yao, have you established your foundation? Your progress is quite rapid.

Wang Yao: It was just luck.

Second year of entry.

Hey? Wang Yao, what happened to your Golden Core?

Wang Yao: Just good luck.

Three years of entry.

Holy shit! Yuanying? You’re a Yuanying!

Wang Yao: It was just luck.

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Tenth year of entry.

Wang Yao, have you become an immortal already?! How did you cultivate?!

Wang Yao: Oh, it was just luck, just luck.