Seeking Immortality: Starting as a Rogue Cultivator in Ningzhou

When Shen Yan opened his eyes, two of his ribs were broken, his master was missing, and Hechang Trading House had given him seven days to repay thirty spirit stones. Worse, he recognized this world: it was Ningzhou from Seeking Immortality. But the real Ningzhou had no quest markers, and its scraps of maps and secret letters wouldn't conveniently reveal their answers. He had no System, couldn't save his progress, and his memories of the conquest guides were incomplete.

All Shen Yan could rely on was a body with a muddled mix of the five elements, a few pages of unknown origin, and a refusal to accept his fate. From a rogue cultivator barely scraping by in Wuling City to a fire cultivator in the Lihuo Sect who trades lifespan for cultivation; from borrowing a wisp of spiritual energy just to survive to mastering the sword arts of five sects in pursuit of the Dao and eternal life. This time, Ningzhou isn't a game, and he has only one life.