“The Crown Prince of Lei, Li Qing, is sentenced to a lifetime without cultivation!”
In the first year of Yuan Shou, a drought struck from the heavens. Not a single drop of rain fell for three years, and the people could barely survive. Despite years of prayers to the gods, the Thunder Emperor's pleas went unanswered, and the nation teetered on the brink of extinction.
In a fit of rage, the emperor overturned the Rain God's altar. He never expected to incur divine punishment: the drought worsened, and soon the land was strewn with starving corpses.
Just as all hope seemed lost, a divine messenger arrived one day, and things appeared to take a turn.
“If you offer your son, Li Qing, to the Rain God, he will quell his wrath.”
The messenger's expression was threatening, leaving all the ministers aghast.
After weighing the pros and cons, they ultimately sent away the child, who was only three years old. They never imagined that, along with the extraction of his divine root, he would also be burdened with a terrible curse...
(Traditional fantasy, invincible at the same level. The blurb doesn't do it justice, so read the story.)