A thousand-year-old wondrous pine rooted on a sheer cliff of Huangshan Mountain has endured wind, frost, thunder, and fire without falling. At last, struck by purple lightning from the highest heavens, it gains sentience and names itself Qing Xuan.
As a plant, cultivation is difficult. It has no limbs with which to travel, no tongue with which to recite scripture. Yet Qing Xuan uses its roots as meridians to absorb the spiritual energy of the earth; its pine needles as swords to channel the sharpness of Geng Metal; and the sound of its rustling boughs to shake the illusions of the soul. It drinks the purple energy of the sea of clouds at dawn and absorbs the moon’s pure radiance at night, pursuing the great Dao of immortality alone on a silent mountain cliff.
At first, it is weak, fearing the woodcutter’s axe and the gnawing of demonic beasts. As it grows stronger, its roots reach into the netherworld and its pine domain takes shape. It drives off demonic cultivators, protects mountain spirits, and earns the favor of Huangshan’s source. Yet the cultivation world follows the law of the jungle, and many covet Huangshan: demonic cultivators from the Blood Fiend Sect seek to seize its leyline, great immortal sects want to recruit it, and Golden Core adepts try to intimidate and tempt it... With the proud, unyielding spirit of a pine, Qing Xuan refuses to retreat or fear. Rooted on a cloud-wreathed cliff, it makes the mountain its own Daoist sanctuary!
“I am but an ancient pine in the mountains, seeking no fame among immortal sects. My roots reach three thousand yards into Huangshan, my branches sweep the winds of the highest heavens!”
From its first awakening as a spiritual root, to turning pine needles into swords, to becoming a Flood Dragon Nascent Soul and attaining everlasting life... With the resilience of a pine, Qing Xuan blazes an unprecedented path of plant cultivation. When the day comes for it to take human form, tribulation thunders, Huangshan trembles, and all living beings look up in awe:
“In this life, I, Qing Xuan, will not be grass beneath another’s feet. I will be a pine above the clouds of the Nine Heavens!”
Keywords:
No System + Nonhuman Protagonist + Plant Cultivation + Steady Growth + Guardian Theme + Adventures in the Mountains and Seas + Traditional Cultivation
It's okay, but there is a slight flaw in the cognitive aspect. According to the setting, you are just a pine tree that has just become a spirit. At most, you can sense the difference between yourself and other creatures, but how do you know that there are immortal cultivators in the world? The most you know is that there is one creature in the world that walks on two legs, and other animals walk on four legs. But where you wrote that you are afraid of immortal cultivators is a bit confusing.
It is a novel about cultivating immortals through plants and trees. The first 20 chapters tell the story of pine trees in Huangshan Mountain, from plants and trees to enlightenment and cultivation of immortals. But one thing is that there are 2 golden elixir stages and 5 foundation building. If it appears too frequently, it feels like golden elixir foundation building is a bit worthless. There are a lot of crises later on, but I can understand it as it sets the stage for what follows. Overall, it's okay!
The content of this novel is intermittent in many places, which I found baffling.
Very good!!
It's okay😊,
It's a messy chapter and it's painful to read.
Sounds good!!!
Not bad [I learned it]
It's intermittent. Let's sort it out first and then sort it out.
Let's sort out the context. It feels intermittent and inconsistent in some places. There is still a lot of missing feeling in the middle. If you figure it out, you don't have to think about the plot.