The Wrong Path: Book 18

When heaven and earth first formed, the martial arts of the Nine Abyss Realm flourished, and the nine great domains teemed with powerful figures. A thousand years ago, a demonic tide descended. An unknown hero sealed it away with his life, leaving behind the Soulguard Stele to choose guardians and protect the world.

Lin Shouchuan, a wandering youth from the Burning Heaven Domain, was chosen by the Soulguard Stele. His bloodline awakened, and he took on the duty of protecting the world. His fellow disciples ostracized him, rogue cultivators ran rampant, and border villages were massacred one after another. Alone, he could not stem the bloodshed.

By chance, he acquired a golden finger. The jade within the Guardian Stele held the power of the first guardian. It could draw upon the earth's veins, shake demonic shadows, condense sword qi, and manifest illusions. Even a shattered stele could be restored.

The inscriptions acknowledged him as their master, and his bloodline resonated with them. A broken sword could split the heavens, and even with grievous wounds, he could fight his way through the Meridian-Breaking Realm. While others competed for fame and fortune, he fought only to protect the lights burning behind him.

While his peers were still fighting over opportunities in secret realms, he was already facing demon generals alone with a fragment of jade, braving the abyss despite his injuries, condensing sword qi through all nine meridians, and forging a path of guardianship.

One day, he would turn his own body into a stele, guard the nine domains for a thousand years of peace, and become the true guardian deity of the Nine Domains.