A Record of Cultivating Immortality and Refining Demons

A poor young man is born on a continent where strength reigns supreme, a land ruled jointly by humans, demons, monsters, and immortals. Those at the bottom of human society strive to grow stronger, hoping to ascend to immortality one day and live forever. With this goal in mind, the protagonist goes from being a lazy nobody to pursuing an impossibly lofty dream. In the end, he reaches the very top, only to learn that it is lonely at the summit!