I Guarded the Empty Mountain Alone, Only to Learn That Ascension Was a Colossal Lie

The entire sect ascended to immortality, leaving only me behind. Everyone laughs at me for being the sect's perennial bottom-ranker.

Who knew that becoming the sect's last remaining member was the one and only condition for activating a god-tier System!

[Ding! The Peerless Through the Ages System has been successfully bound!]

[Core Function: Solitude means invincibility! The higher your Solitude value, the faster your cultivation grows!]

[Beginner's Gift Pack: Inherit the entire sect's fortune, legacy, magical treasures, and mountain of pills!]

[Exclusive Ability, Dao Resonance: Borrow a peak-strength strike from an ascended senior brother or sister at any time!]

[System Notification: The outside world's reverence for the Azure Cloud Sect has increased by 10,000. Converted into worshippers' wishes, this grants the Host 1 million experience points in the Primordial Ancient Scripture!]

I, Lin Yuan, am the Divine Sect, all by myself!

Is ascension a scam? Are there evil gods beyond the heavens?

Just you wait. Once I turn the sect into a divine realm, I'll go up there and twist your heads off!

Cultivation System:

Conventional System (practiced by the world, a false path): Body Tempering, Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Deity Transformation, Tribulation Crossing (Ascension). This system pursues speed at the expense of a shaky foundation. It is a path of sacrifice, preparing cultivators for ascension.

Protagonist's System (Peerless Through the Ages, the true path): [Primordial Ancient Scripture]. The Azure Cloud Sect's introductory cultivation method, dismissed by everyone as garbage. In truth, it is an supreme cultivation art. Each realm requires enormous accumulation and time to mature, but its foundation is incredibly solid. Practitioners are invincible among their peers and can slay foes above their level. It has nine stages, corresponding to the nine mortal realms, but each stage far surpasses those of its peers.

Tianyan Continent: A continent that reveres the ascension of entire sects.