Defying the World in Lingxiao: A Good-for-Nothing's Rise

In Qingzhou of the Great Yan Dynasty, where martial strength reigns supreme, Ye Chen, a son of the Ye family, is considered a good-for-nothing because of his terrible cultivation talent, and is constantly mocked.

One day, a disturbance erupts in the Ye family ancestral shrine, and a mysterious elder appears. Drawn to Ye Chen by his unique bloodline, the elder passes on the Ye family's ancient technique, the Spirit Firmament Heavenly Venerable Art. This technique comes from the Ye family's glorious past. Though profound and difficult to master, it contains the principles of Heaven and Earth and enables its practitioner to comprehend the laws and transcend the ordinary.

Ye Chen enters seclusion to cultivate in the ancestral shrine. In just ten days, he makes a powerful breakthrough from the third level of Body Tempering to the ninth, astonishing the entire Ye family. The contempt and humiliation he once endured vanish as he transforms himself.

From then on, Ye Chen relies on the Spirit Firmament Heavenly Venerable Art to embark on a path of rising from adversity, overcoming countless obstacles and stirring up the Spirit Firmament Continent with his peerless talent. How will he restore the Ye family's glory, and what kind of legend will he write across this vast continent...