Cultivation system**:
- The realm of cultivation: Qi training → Foundation building → Golden elixir → Nascent Soul → God transformation → Fusion → Mahayana → Overcoming the tribulation
- Aura attributes: The five elements spiritual roots of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are the basis, and mutant spiritual roots such as thunder, ice, and wind are rare.
- The Four Arts of Cultivation: Pills, weapons, arrays, and talismans are the four major auxiliary systems in the world of cultivation
**World Map**:
1. Tianyuan Continent: the center of the world of human cultivation, with five major sects standing together
2. Ten Thousand Demon Mountains: The territory of the demon clan, which has a thousand-year grudge against the human race.
3. Netherworld Sea: A gathering place for demon cultivators. There are ancient ruins on the seabed.
4. Yundian Wonderland: The legendary residence of immortals that appears once in a thousand years
*Distribution of forces**:
- Five righteous sects: Xuantian Sword Sect (sword cultivation), Yaowang Valley (alchemy cultivation), Shenji Sect (weapon cultivation), Taixu Guan (formation cultivation), Lingfu Mountain (talisman cultivation)
- Three major demon gates: Blood Evil Palace, Hehuan Sect, and Yin Puppet Gate
- Loose Cultivators Alliance: Neutral forces spread across all continents
### Story summary
**Rise of the Waste Material**: Ning Fan, a boy from a mountain village, accidentally obtained an ancient jade in a tragedy that destroyed his village, awakened his heaven-defying understanding, and embarked on the path of cultivation from the ridiculed Five Elements Miscellaneous Spiritual Roots.
**Sect's Storm**: Entered the outer sect of Xuantian Sword Sect, practiced low-key on the surface, secretly used his understanding to decipher the sect's secret code, and stirred up the turmoil in the outer sect as a handyman disciple.
**Secret Realm Trial**: Outsmart the treasure in the "Xuanming Secret Realm" that opens once a hundred years, offend the inner sect's genius, but unexpectedly gain the approval of the founder of the Sword Sect.
