In a cultivation sect, the protagonist is bound by countless rules, like a caged bird. If he is even one second late for his morning qi cultivation, he is punished by being made to sweep the spirit fields, which give off a strange smell and are often wrecked by mischievous spirit beasts. His life is utterly stifling.
So the protagonist cries, “This immortal wants freedom!” Then, on a dark and windy night, he sneaks away from the sect and sets out on the path of a rogue cultivator...