In this apocalyptic age of cultivation, where spiritual energy has been declared “toxic” and the path to ascension has been severed for good, traditional cultivation is a dead end. Mo Yuan, a boy demoted to menial work at the Qingyun Sect because of his “mortal body,” suffers endless bullying and has no hope of reaching immortality.
Then he is thrown into the sect’s forbidden grounds, the Sunken Abyss. In this seemingly certain death, he unexpectedly ignites a primordial power forbidden even by Heaven and Earth: **“Forbidden Power”!** From that moment on, he walks the outlawed path of “Forbidden Immortality.” While others struggle to absorb spiritual energy, he draws upon taboos. While others wield supreme Dao arts, he can banish them with a single word!
He rises quietly from sect laborer to leave behind the legend of the “Phantom Sword” in the cultivation world, becoming an anomaly through the ages in the eyes of orthodox immortals. But as his power grows, the truth of the world begins to surface: ancient restrictions, the ascension conspiracy, the harvest carried out by the upper realm... And the power awakening within him seems to share its origin with the traitorous Ancient Immortal Emperor who laid those restrictions.
When the final darkness descends, he stands above all living beings as his memories return and his divine nature is restored. Only then do people realize that all the gods and Buddhas in the heavens, and the countless rules, have long been beneath his feet. **I am the taboo, above all rules!**
