At the start, the master of the protagonist, Situ Ta, transforms into a strange flower right before his eyes.
I once had a manga story in mind, but I set it aside because I couldn't make a living from it. I couldn't let it go, though, so I wrote it out instead. I'm a complete beginner, so please give me your advice.
Setting: A strange flower resides in the sea of consciousness, an unusual herb coils around the meridians, and a spirit beast's inner core sinks into the dantian. Eating them makes the process repeat, but they can never be brought to completion.
(Background story: When the Myriad Worlds Continent first came into being, strange flowers, unusual herbs, and spirit beasts began appearing throughout the mortal world.
They all possessed extraordinary abilities, capable of transforming the scant spiritual breath between heaven and earth into spiritual energy that people could absorb, thus opening up a wondrous path to cultivation.
From then on, cultivators rose to prominence and became the world's most powerful force.
But human nature is greedy. In ancient times, the clans discovered that consuming these three things could produce miraculous effects and speed up cultivation.
Strange flowers reside in the sea of consciousness, unusual herbs coil around the meridians, and spirit beasts' inner cores sink into the dantian.
As a result, kingdoms and sects sprang up to compete for all manner of treasures, and killing and conflict became commonplace.
This continued until ten thousand years ago, when the Meng Dynasty unified the continent, ended the wars, and put a stop to the conflicts. It established two great sects to oversee the affairs of cultivation and balance the forces of the world: the Tianhe Sect and the Lanhai Sect.
At last, the people could recover and rebuild, and cultivation gradually returned to the right path.
Then, three thousand years ago, Meng Wan founded the Wanshen Cult, welcoming all those in the world with the talent to cultivate. The third great sect, the Jingluo Sect, also came into being as a result.
Legend has it that Meng Wan, Han Tian Nu, and Lan Bihai ascended to immortality.
As Meng Wan of the Wanshen Cult ascended, he left behind these words: “What shall serve as the boat? Carry me, carry the people, carry all living things across.”
From then on, the people understood that the highest realm of cultivation was to leave this world and venture beyond its borders. Thus the path of cultivation flourished all the more…)