Li Tian, a young man from a mountain village, had no spiritual roots or extraordinary gifts. All he had was a cautious will to survive. He gathered scraps of old scrolls and practiced meager techniques, taking his first steps on the path to immortality from the humblest beginnings.
In the depths of the mountains, hidden mists concealed strange markings; in a lonely village, he investigated blood congealing within a frigid formation. The perilous path of Qi Refining offered him neither a powerful patron nor a shortcut. He could only test each step and plan for every contingency. In this mortal cultivation realm, surrounded by demonic beasts and feuding cultivators, he sought opportunities with his meager cultivation and used his ordinary wits to escape deadly traps.
He did not seek to reach the heavens in a single bound. Amid the clamor where the immortal and mortal worlds met, he wished only to hold fast to his original heart, temper his foundation, and slowly forge his own path to immortality from a wisp of spiritual energy.
