In the era of spiritual recovery, monsters and beasts are rampant, and God-given abilities have become the key to mankind's foothold.
Jiang Sheng, a young man from Jiangcheng, was raised by his grandfather picking up garbage since he was a child. He suffered discrimination. In the ability test of Tianshu Academy, his ability was judged as "waste", but he accidentally awakened the mysterious vertical pupil, which can rob others of their spiritual energy and talents.
In order to collect the test fee, Jiang Sheng worked part-time to save money, but was humiliated in every possible way by the class monitor Zhao Ninglei. After entering Tianshu Academy, he was regarded as a "slugger" by his tutor, who planned to expel him after half a semester.
But Jiang Sheng relied on the incredible ability of vertical pupils to secretly learn Zhao Ninglei's hurricane technique, copy his senior's melee skills, and his strength improved rapidly.
During the military training trial, he teamed up with Mo Yang, a monk with a unique painting style, and fought for victory despite being surrounded by his seniors. During the monster siege mission, he fought to the death with a tiger monster in the Sancai realm to save his classmates, and was accidentally taken into an alien space by the fried rice boss.
In the space, Jiang Sheng went through three years of life and death training, killing monsters, tempering his body, obtaining a dragon bone halberd and half-dragon blood essence, breaking through to the Liangyi realm, and subdued Erha "Mr. Ha" who was mistaken for a wolf.
Returning to reality, the former "waste capable person" has transformed. Faced with the doubts of Tianshu Academy, the threats of monsters and hidden conspiracies, Jiang Sheng will use the myriad abilities he plundered to break the label of "waste", protect his grandfather and close friends, and find his own path against the heavens in the troubled times where spiritual energy is resurrected.
