A Mortal Cultivates Immortality Against the Heavens: Renegade Immortal

Chen Xiuran, a boy from a mountain village, gets lost while searching for his missing father on Qingfeng Mountain and is bitten by a venomous snake. At the crucial moment, a white-robed immortal maiden saves him and returns the jade pendant entrusted to her by his ancestors. Later, she discovers he has a spiritual root, but it's a worthless one with all five elements, so she firmly refuses to take him! Chen Xiuran doesn't give up. Through persistence and relentless effort, he climbs step by step from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, pursuing the immortal path and defying fate to attain eternal life! (This is a traditional cultivation novel following an ordinary man's path. No System, no transmigration. Both the protagonist and the villains are smart. The story aims to depict the world of cultivation we all imagine.)