Ning Yi guarded the frontier for ten years and earned countless merits.
After being set up by a foreign tribe and falling into an ambush, he lost all his martial arts cultivation and became a cripple. With no other choice, he returned to his family.
But to his surprise!
His entire family looked down on him!
His parents despised him for bringing shame on the family!
His brothers and sisters resented him for wasting resources and worried he would take a share of the family fortune!
Alone and with no one to rely on, he eventually died in the dead of winter.
…
But when he opened his eyes again, he was back on the day he had returned from the front lines to his family. There was no welcome, as he had once imagined, only countless hostile, contemptuous stares.
So he decided he would no longer join this inhuman family, a place with no such thing as familial affection.
He chose to sever ties with his parents in front of everyone…