Breaking Through the Realms to Ascend: I Roam Free and Prove the Great Dao

Su Youling never imagined that she, a hardworking office drone, would wind up in a poor farming family where even having enough to eat was a struggle, all because of an accident. And it was a cultivation world, no less.

At first she struggled to adjust, but gradually she got used to it, and time flew by. Every day, aside from digging up wild vegetables, helping her parents with farmwork, and looking after her younger siblings, Su Youling would sneak off with her friends to listen to the teacher's lessons at the village school. It was the happiest time of her day.

In the blink of an eye, five years had passed. One evening, she had just packed the wild vegetables she'd gathered into her basket and was getting ready to head home for dinner. As she passed the village entrance, she saw a huge crowd gathered there, more lively than during the New Year. After a moment's thought, she squeezed her way in.

“Have you heard? The grand gathering to select mortals with spiritual roots for cultivation in the Immortal Realm only happens once every sixty years, and it's about to begin.”

“Immortals? Are the immortals coming?” someone exclaimed.

The crowd erupted. An old man stroked his beard and murmured, “My grandson made it in time! At last, I get to see the day. Our family will have a cultivator!”

Su Youling was instantly stunned. Was this the cultivation world she'd been thinking of? Over the past five years, she'd wondered what kind of world this was, but she was still a child and had never even been to town, let alone anywhere else. Was this finally her chance? Her heart leapt with joy. She hurried home.

From this moment on, her fate would be utterly different, and her life rewritten. Once a country girl and an outsider, one day she would break through the boundaries between worlds and stand among the clouds, looking back on the road she'd traveled, with the mortal realm and the path to immortality beneath her feet.

“My path: not to look down upon all living things, but to prove my own worth.”