Seeking the Dao in the Mortal World: From Blackstone Mine to the Azure Cloud Summit

[Mortal's Journey] [Ley Line Talent] [No Saintly Hero] [Decisive and Ruthless]

In the lightless depths of a blackstone mine, fifteen-year-old Lin Ye struggles like an ant. He watches his companions get consumed by the mysterious Stone Plague, while the shadow of death clings to him like a curse. During a mining accident, he unexpectedly touches a strange black stone, which eases the plague toxin in his body. Cultivation becomes his only hope of survival.

Fate is cruel. The only person who has ever shown him warmth, the old miner Uncle Shi, is put in danger because of him. To save him, the timid boy summons his courage for the first time, only to bring down a death sentence upon himself. As he flees for his life, a dying cultivator entrusts him with a tattered copy of the Thick Earth Art and a faint chance at immortality, leaving him with a final saying: