[Slow burn, women with no romantic ties to the protagonist (they all belong to someone else), second male lead's perspective, not saintly, moderately satisfying, half foolish and half perceptive, rogue cultivator, doesn't grovel, lighthearted]
Fate has no beginning or end; karma winds through the cycles of reincarnation.
Hong Lingtian breaks free of the mysteries of life in the womb and awakens the wisdom of his past life.
But he soon discovers that his parents in this life don't care about him at all.
Then an accident teaches him a cultivation technique, allowing him to recover memories that had been sealed away. He learns that his parents...
After avenging his parents, he resolutely enters the world of immortal cultivation. It takes him ten years to establish his foundation, but no golden finger ever appears. Still, he already possesses a metal-type Heavenly Spirit Root, and his cultivation goes smoothly from then on, as though Heaven itself were helping him.
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Cultivation realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Void Refining, Body Integration, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence!…
Artifact ranks: Magical Artifact, Spirit Artifact, Treasured Artifact, Heaven-Piercing Treasure, Spirit Treasure, Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, Acquired Mystic Earth Artifact, Innate Mystic Earth Artifact, Mystic Heaven Immortal Artifact…
He excels in artifact crafting, alchemy, talisman-making, formations, and more.
He won't join any sect. If one is founded by a brother of his, he'll reluctantly agree to become its Grand Elder.
The early chapters include a little unpleasant material to establish the protagonist's later personality.
The synopsis is too short to say much, but the title alone tells you what kind of story this is!
He obviously can eat the first course, but he insists on picking up the leftovers. He is obviously a talented supporting actor, but he insists on stealing the role of the useless protagonist.
I was baffled when I read it. It has no logic and no theme. I don't know what the characters in it are doing.