Lu Qinglan was born into an ordinary farming family, just a mortal boy with an unremarkable mixed spiritual root and inferior spiritual markings. In a cultivation world starved of resources, where the strong prey on the weak, he has neither heaven-defying opportunities nor powerful patrons. All he can rely on is his extraordinary intellect and utmost caution as he plots each step through the mortal world.
He is a skilled schemer, adept at turning circumstances to his advantage. In every brush with death, he narrowly survives, slowly turning meager advantages into a stairway to the heavens. The gentle companionship of his childhood friend, Lin Qingyao, is the one constant star on his dark path.
Yet a far more sinister thread remains tangled around him: Xie Hongli, the Holy Maiden of the Xuanming Palace. Her wits match his, but her strength far surpasses his own. Torn between love and hatred for Lu Qinglan, she repeatedly lays deadly traps for him, only to show mercy at crucial moments. Her twisted obsession will one day collide with Lu Qinglan’s steadfast principles, igniting a blaze that will overturn the entire cultivation world.
From humble mortal beginnings to the struggle for supremacy on the immortal path, Lu Qinglan has never sought to stand alone above the heavens. He only wants to protect those he loves with his mortal hands and prove his own way, carving out an immortal path for ordinary people in this merciless world.
