The protagonist of this novel, Zhang Dabao, was once a top inner disciple of his sect, a prodigy whose cultivation had reached the peak of the Foundation Establishment Realm. Later, while competing for a treasure in a secret realm against talented disciples from other sects, he was ambushed by their cultivators. He suffered severe injuries, his spiritual root was destroyed, and his cultivation fell to the early Body Tempering Realm. After barely making it back to his sect alive, he was bullied and beaten severely by Zhao Hao, a talented disciple of the sect, then thrown off a cliff behind Qingyun Immortal Sect. He fell and accidentally entered the outskirts of the Ancient Silent Abyss in the Western Desert.
As he lay near death, his vital essence and fragments of his shattered soul fell onto a black pearl sealed for hundreds of millions of years at the heart of the ancient abyss, triggering an opportunity to bind it to his bloodline and soul.
This pearl was the ultimate treasure left behind when the last Immortal Emperor Who Defied the Dao fell. Sealed by the Heavenly Dao in a deadly corner of the mortal realm, it was imperceptible to all. Only a ruined man in utter despair, with an unyielding heart that defied heaven and no favor from the Heavenly Dao, could activate it.
With his dying body, unyielding Dao-heart, and mortal blood essence, Zhang Dabao fully awakened the Pearl of Defiant Dao Reincarnation. He claimed it with his blood and bound it to his soul, making it impossible to take from him for all eternity. He became its sole holder in the Three Realms.
This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.