Lin Haoran, the son of a hunter from the Great Qin, loses his parents to demonic beasts. After wandering for six years, he awakens a mutated Thunder Spirit Root and becomes a lowly outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect. At the third layer of Qi Refining, with no connections or resources, he has only a mysterious storage pouch he found by chance, one that conceals a secret: it can refine spirit stones without any loss. One hundred low-grade stones become one mid-grade stone. When others refine spirit stones, two tenths of their spiritual energy leaks away, but his refined stones are pure and lossless. He slays demonic beasts in the Qingmang Mountains, seizes opportunities in the sect's secret realm, and repays the Blood Fiend Sect for its grudges, treading both the righteous and demonic paths. With his Thunder Spirit Root, he challenges prodigies above his station; with his storage pouch, he builds his foundation. Step by step, he rises from the Qingyun Sect's outer court, advancing through Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul, until he reaches God Transformation and takes the path to ascension through the Nine Heavens.
