
I think I read to much those type of manhua , showing off to much when still have not enough power to protect your beloved and act like he's the king of the world or manhua with mc that is already very strong but very clueless or airhead and flocking with girls with the pose almost like urgent want to go to the toilet .
So this manhua is good for me

I imagine it as a similar situation to what goes on in Saiki K (or One Punch Man frankly). This MC has to suppress his cultivation because he can't control his strength. If he did do something without his limiter there could be world destruction-level consequences. For this story, if he does something there's a possibility of him making a breakthrough and undergoing heavenly tribulation, which might destroy everything around him. I mean he IS lazy, but there's also a reason for it. He also gave his teacher the pendant thing that saved his life when he was in mortal danger, and kept saving his fellow disciples when they really couldn't handle situations too. So it's not like he doesn't help. For all we know the 9 to 5 thing is partially due to his cultivation. Like he has to spend a lot of mental energy suppressing his powers if he tries to fight, so he can only do it for a certain amount of time or something. Or due to his past life it's easier for him to suppress his cultivation when fighting from 9 to 5 since he's already used to doing things he doesn't like during those times (like working). His irritation at having to work overtime could also cause problems for suppressing his powers too due to unstable mental state or whatever. On the other hand, he could just be lazy and I'm overthinking things lol.

*Respectfully* I disagree about him purely not wanting to die and that being the only reason why he's suppressing his cultivation. It's probably part of the reason since he does say that, but if that were the only reason he wouldn't have been suppressing it for so long. But, even if that is the case, can we really call him selfish for not wanting to die? I mean I know he's not real and is the protagonist of a martial arts story, but I don't think we should be expecting people to risk their lives just because they have some ability to protect others. People can choose to do that, but they shouldn't be expected to. And even with his fears of triggering the tribulation, it's not like he doesn't do anything to help his sect. I mean his motivations for helping might be to protect his current daily life, but it does end up helping everyone even if it's only a byproduct. Are his motivations somewhat selfish? Yes, but whose aren't lol. Most people won't go out of their way to help others unless it benefits themselves in some way, be that physical benefit or just self-satisfaction from doing something good. Even fewer people will help others when it actively puts their own lives at risk. There are exceptions obviously, and all the goodwill I can muster goes out to people like that who exist in the real world, but people shouldn't be expected to behave like that by people who aren't behaving like that themselves. Not targeting anyone in particular, I'm basically just saying don't be a hypocrite by expecting others to sacrifice their lives or livelihood for you when you wouldn't do the same. I get that this is a story and we treat characters in books as the ideal in lots of cases. I don't think he's being selfish, he's just being a realistic human lol. I tend to connect a bit too much with characters in stories and treat them as if they were real people (which is why I often defend characters like now lol), but there's also a lot to learn from characters in books by treating them that way. I know it's somewhat ironic to say that on this site though lol.
I do find the MC a lazy and stupid, I know he's been work to death in his last life but he doesn't have to hide how strong he is. Just showing how strong he is he can make his reals however he wants but he doesn't think like that.
The stronger you are the less people can control what you do even if they tell you do something you dont want to do, he can always say no. He can still work 9-5 and be strong.