(No golden finger · mortal cultivation · slow-burn progression · orthodox xianxia · decisive and ruthless)
Born with a mixed Five Elements spiritual root, branded a good-for-nothing, he insists on defying fate with nothing but a mortal body!
Su Lingxiao starts out in Qingshi Village. He studies flowing water by watching fallen leaves, parries iron swords with a wooden stick, and refines spiritual essence from common herbs… His Dao foundation unexpectedly develops markings of chaos, making him the Canglan Realm’s one and only “Mortal Heart Dao Body”!
Without knowing the secret arts of cultivation, he uses the wisdom of farming to overcome life and death:
Qingteng Valley: Ten years as a servant, tempering his body with waste water and glimpsing sword intent in the patterns of a broken sword. His Foundation Establishment stirs wonders across heaven and earth!
Heavenburn Prison: He withstands tribulation with his physical body to form a Nascent Soul, bears the markings of wood, fire, and poison, and burns away bloodshed to refine his mortal frame!
Ancient Domain: He slays fate in the Sea of Chaos, breaks through his shackles in the Dao Source secret realm, and his chaotic Dao patterns mirror the star map of the heavens!
Hunted by the Bloodshadow Tower, coerced by the Immortal Venerable of Destiny, guided by the remnant soul of the Wood Spirit Sword Immortal… When the “Way of the Mortal Heart” shatters the laws of the Canglan Realm, Su Lingxiao raises his Burning Wood Sword toward the sky: “Why would I need a spiritual root to prove the Dao with mortal bones?”
The title of the book says "Intelligence is against the heavens", but I don't see it in the novel. It's basically a mistake. It's like a starving person who saw some grass, poisonous or not, and tried his best. It didn't explain clearly about Doji. It only said that the protagonist's Doji was very good, but it didn't say whether he was the best in the world.
It's very good-looking, not brainless, and not as decisive as the Holy Mother's killing. 👍 [Laugh] [Laugh] [Laugh]