The Immortal Cultivation Tale of Chen Changsheng

Chen Changsheng, a frail youth from Qingxi Village, happens upon an ancient jade slip engraved with the Breath-Guiding and Qi-Entering Art in his ancestral home, opening the door to immortal cultivation. Mocked as a good-for-nothing because of his mixed spiritual roots, he builds on his affinity with plants, diligently breathing and meditating by the stream through every season. With guidance from an old rogue cultivator and a tenacious spirit, he steadily turns the tables, advancing from the first level of Qi Refining.

From battling mountain spirits to serving as a menial disciple of Qingfeng Mountain's outer sect, he endures in the cracks left by scarce resources. His talent for identifying spirit herbs gives him a way to break through, and he stands out in the inner sect's examination. With half a broken pill, he establishes his foundation and manifests innate true fire. Amid the agony of his meridians being torn apart, he condenses drops of liquid spiritual energy, remakes his body, and enters the Foundation Establishment realm.

As internal sect conflicts intertwine with the shadow of demonic cultivators, he carries a damaged formation plate and fragments of an ancient alchemy furnace. He deciphers runes in the Blackwind Valley ruins and finds scraps of a pill recipe in the perilous Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains. From an Aoki wristguard to a bonded magic treasure, from a low-ranked talisman maker to the pinnacle of Foundation Establishment, Chen Changsheng swears by his Dao title, "Changsheng," and, in the treacherous world of immortal cultivation, defies fate with a mortal body. All to open the door to the immortality that awaits beyond Core Formation, Nascent Soul, and even higher realms.

This is a story about perseverance and opportunity. Watch how a youth from a remote mountain village, with a broken jade slip and a spark of innate fire, carves out his own heaven-defying path to immortality in a world where the strong prey on the weak!