In the cultivation world after the Primordial Era, major sects control the spiritual leyline resources. Ordinary people must endure brutal trials for a chance to embark on the path to immortality.
As the spiritual energy between heaven and earth grows thinner by the day, cultivators must rely on their spiritual roots to sense it. A spiritual root's grade determines the speed of cultivation, and awakening one often comes with a brush with death.
Cultivation clans monopolize resources, leaving disciples from humble families to fight for their lives. The sects enforce a strict hierarchy, and outer disciples are treated like ants, liable to become sacrifices at any moment.
Lin Mo, a young herb gatherer, accidentally obtains a mysterious bronze fragment. But when his spiritual root awakens, spiritual energy runs rampant and shatters every meridian in his body.
To obtain life-saving medicine, he joins the Xuanxiao Sect and faces its initiation trial, where death awaits at every turn.
