A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality: The Golden-Eating Insect's Path to Immortality

After dying suddenly from staying up all night, Sijin woke up the size of a grain of rice, transformed into a Gold-Eating Beetle, and one of the batch about to be packed up by Old Demon Han. No System, no inherited legacy, just a set of excellent teeth. Chewing spiritual herbs strengthened his carapace, devouring spirit insects let him steal their talents, and the essence of the five metals was an unparalleled delicacy. Faced with the cultivation world's law of the jungle, Sijin let himself run wild: he stole only century-old spirit herbs, leaving the seedlings and fine roots alone; formations? He chewed a hole and moved on; pursuit? He burrowed into the earth and vanished. While cultivators from every faction raged over the holes in their medicinal fields, this “old sixth of the insect world” hid in a corner, chewing on his latest spoils. The light on his carapace grew a little deeper: his path to immortality was carved out one bite at a time with his excellent teeth.