Stardust Across the Nine Heavens

A genius falls, enduring humiliation; his golden finger awakens, and he quietly builds his strength. Ling Hao, the protagonist, was once a genius of the Ling Clan, born with the rare Nine Radiant Star Veins. But on the eve of the clan tournament, his close friend and fiancée conspire against him, stealing his Star Veins and leaving him a cripple, scorned and bullied by all. While fainting from kneeling in punishment at the clan ancestral hall, he accidentally awakens a mysterious fragment within himself and binds to a cheeky, adorable System. It can absorb the emotions and resentment of all living beings, including jealousy, fear, worship, and reverence, and turn them into Star Energy for cultivation, while unlocking the fragment's hidden treasures, techniques, and more...

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.