Reversal of the Mortal tells the story of Chen Wen, a young man from the modern world who transmigrates into a cultivation world after a car accident, becoming a boy with an inferior mortal spirit root. While working as a menial disciple at Lingtian Sect, he obtains the legacy of the Immortal Ancestor, the Transcendence Scripture, through a mysterious pebble. This supreme cultivation technique can refine spirit roots and defy fate, giving him hope of finding his way home.
Facing fierce competition in the menial disciples' tournament and open and covert attacks from his fellow disciples, Chen Wen quietly grows stronger in the spirit herb garden, relying on the wonders of the Transcendence Scripture. Through his tireless refinement, his mortal spirit root gradually transforms, and he rises from the very bottom of Menial Mountain. Just as he thinks he can finally establish himself in the cultivation world, he gradually discovers that his transmigration was no accident. The car crash, the mysterious pebble, and the Immortal Ancestor's legacy all seem to point to a stunning scheme spanning two worlds.
On this journey to defy fate, Chen Wen must face the cultivation world's law of the jungle while seeking the truth behind his transmigration. Can a mortal spirit root truly become immortal? And what choice should he make about the bond between the two worlds? Thus begins a legendary tale of transcending the mortal realm, spanning time and space.
