I Tried to Kill, But the System Made Me Farm

Phil Preston, an ordinary modern man, wakes in the feared Demon Lord's body—powerless in a cultivation world. Worse, a merciless Strongest Saint System binds him: do good, or die. The Demon Lord's legacy demands slaughter of righteous sects, but the system will execute him if he follows it. To survive, Phil stops the massacre. He shocks his generals by forbidding raids, dismantling war plans, and ordering them to plant crops instead of bloodshed. Every day is a gamble: his troops bristle, enemies smell weakness, and the system's countdown looms. Forced kindness becomes strategy. Phil must turn an army of killers into farmers while hiding his helplessness, balancing survival, morale, and the ever-present threat that one misstep will trigger instant death.