This is a very unique plot. I haven’t encountered one like this before. I agree with the other comments saying Jio is likely an unreliable narrator due to the passage of time spent in the portrait. I’m excited to see what comes next.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_m_actually_a_cultivation_bigshot/
Is similar in themes, mainly an MC that doesn’t realise their impact on reality, and a mystery about who they really are. The cast is much bigger though, and if you aren’t into the art style, it might not be for you. A bit more of brash humour too. But definitely give it a shot if you enjoy unreliable narrators! They make the whole thing hilarious
Bruh, the author for this is the same one who wrote Monday’s Savior/Save the Dae. Both stories have grooming themes and a large power imbalance dynamic. In this story, the ML raised the MC from a young age as a parental figure, which being adopted siblings on paper. In Monday’s Savior, the other brother (the ML) is rich and slightly older than the MC, who has no money or parents. The ML also takes advantage of the MC’s circumstances to “adopt him” and try to make him join his family. He infantilizes Won Dae by referring to him as Dae Dae and making him do kinks sexually like the golden shower part.











HELLO, what are you doing??? TAKE THE MONEY AND LEAVEEEE.