Others cultivate immortality by absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. When Lu Qingchen cultivates, not even one part in ten of the spiritual energy remains in him, earning him ridicule as a “leaky spirit body.”
Then his guide, Xuan Weizi, tells him, “It isn’t leaking away. It’s returning to the source. This body may be silent, but when it finally speaks... it will shake the heavens and earth.”
To save his neighbors, and to find an answer, he grips his father’s woodcutter’s knife and sets out on a path against the heavens.
In the Four Extremes Trial, he gathers the Azure Dragon’s wood essence and the White Tiger’s golden essence to forge the Azure Nether Sword, his life-bound weapon;
At the Kunlun Assembly, he protects all living beings by forcibly forming a Nascent Soul, but it costs him half his lifespan and leaves cracks in his sacred embryo;
After a thousand years in the Ruins, he faces his past, present, and future selves, and asks his heart, “Why cultivate?”
In the end, he stands at the crossroads of the world’s survival. Ahead lies the fated solitude of merging with the Dao and ascending; behind him are countless living beings and the woman who fought by his side.
The Netherworld Cult Master roars, “Stand aside! My demon clan only wants to survive!”
But Lu Qingchen smiles.
He reaches out his hand. There is no light that destroys heaven and earth, only the serenity of all things returning to their source.
“What you seek was never plunder,” he says softly. “It was a return.”
This time, he will not become the heartless Heavenly Dao. For this desperate world, he will rewrite the laws into ones that are full of feeling.
The plot moves at a fast pace; watching the male lead grow stronger step by step is great! 👍