The Weakest Protagonist in History

In the Qingyun Immortal Sect, where the strong prey on the weak, errand disciple Shen Xiaohu has earned the title of “weakest in history.” His spiritual root is as useless as rotten wood, his constitution is frail, and bad luck follows him everywhere. His daily routine consists of falling over while carrying water and tumbling into pits while cleaning. Whenever he looks up at the sect’s inner disciples, all he sees is despair. Then one unlucky assignment to clean out an abandoned alchemy room brings him an unexpected discovery: a cold, mysterious black stone and an unreadable “Heavenly Book.”

His bad luck doesn’t end there. An abnormal attack by low-level demon beasts sweeps him into a life-or-death crisis. On the brink of death, the black stone stirs and grants him an inexplicable power of “insight,” letting him see through weaknesses and strike with precision. This faint glimmer of an ability accidentally helps Chen Mingjing, the sect’s aloof goddess and heaven’s favored daughter, but also draws her scrutinizing gaze. From errand disciple to someone under Chen Mingjing’s “guardianship,” Shen Xiaohu finds himself plunged into an even more complicated whirlpool.

Chen Mingjing’s grueling training reveals the tip of the iceberg of the “Heavenly Book”: an ancient path of “qi,” utterly unlike spiritual energy. In his mortal body, Shen Xiaohu endures the torment of having his mind torn apart as he guides this faint qi to strengthen himself, honing the ultimate evasive technique, “Microscopic Step,” and the deadly weak-point strike, “Star-Piercing Finger.” The black stone’s stirrings lead them toward the Shadow Tower’s ancient conspiracy and the sealed primordial shadow known as the Lord of Shadows.

Three years later, the newcomer tournament for the immortal sects of Zhongzhou becomes Shen Xiaohu’s chance to prove the way of qi. With a body said to be the “weakest in history,” he turns the tables with microscopic insight and the wonders of qi, exposing a body-tempering fanatic’s flaws and dismantling a musical illusion. Then, in a fated showdown, he cripples Zhao Yuanhao, the arrogant genius of the Tianyan Sect, with a single judgmental finger!