Sorry, I Ruined My Spiritual Root, Not My Brain

(One sentence to sum up Jiang Lan’s life: a mother who died young, a cold-hearted father, a master who put her through the wringer, a childhood friend who was always snide, and Jiang Lan herself, broken.)

What others think of Jiang Lan: “I know, she’s got a useless spirit root.”

What Jiang Lan thinks of others: “I know, there are plenty of idiots around.”

Everyone in the cultivation world dreams of ascending to immortality. Fortunately, though the path to becoming an immortal is long and arduous, everyone except those with useless spirit roots has a chance to ascend.

Unfortunately, Jiang Lan is not only unlucky enough to have a useless spirit root, but also lost her mother young, has a father who doesn’t love her, and a master who pushes her to study and train.

After being pushed relentlessly by her master, Jiang Lan spends a full 248 years and finally reaches the path to ascension?

Not quite. She finally forms a Golden Core.

But before she can even celebrate, Jiang Lan breaks through the barrier around her sect’s forbidden grounds.

Her awful master claims he’s sending her down the mountain to gain experience, but doesn’t give her a single coin!

Luckily, she meets another unlucky soul.

In other words, this is a story about two unlucky souls trying their best to stop being unlucky.