The Art of the Bright Venerable Martial Saint

[Traditional fantasy + a genius rising + sound logic + long-term foreshadowing + no harem. It may take some getting used to, but if you stick with the story, a brand-new fantasy world awaits.]

Xu Yuan was poisoned by a strange toxin, lost all his cultivation, and was expelled from the Tianyu Sect. He nearly gave up, but on a scorching night, he inherited the legacy of a mighty figure known as the Bright Venerable.

From that moment on, his rise was inevitable. He would become a new legend.

When foreign invaders threatened humanity, he was the one who finally stepped forward, raised his arm to the heavens, and swung his sword!

He would chase the realms beyond the sky, seek his own path of martial cultivation, and forge his own legend!

Ancient nursery rhymes, emperors whose names resound through the ages.

Poems that break the heart, a sword in hand as I question my doubts!

And this sword of mine, Xu Yuan's, is called Banished Heaven. It will slay all the emperors!

Xu Yuan rose from humble beginnings, set foot across all the heavens, and ultimately became the Sixth-Generation God of Death!

The Infinite and the Supreme give rise to the Two Principles.

Mount Kunlun gives birth to all things.

East, West, South, and North of Kunlun lie the Paradise Mansions.

When the great flood came, demons appeared.

The Forty-Eight Primordial Ancestors took up blades and axes.

After the flood, the mountains and rivers were divided into the Nine Provinces.