Fate’s Parasite: Cultivating Inside an Ancient God’s Blood Vessels

[Ordinary protagonist + poisonous spiritual energy + Lovecraftian style + smart characters + wasteland survival + parasitic cultivation + dark fantasy + System] “Longevity comes at a price: one ounce of vitality for one ounce of life.” Everyone believes that cultivating immortality means comprehending the Heavenly Dao. Only Wan An knows that this world is the remains of an ancient god that has yet to fully die. The so-called spiritual veins are the ancient god’s withered blood vessels. The so-called spiritual energy is the pus and blood of its rotting corpse. At this gluttonous feast called “longevity,” the lofty immortals are giant leeches feeding on wounds, while mine slaves like Wan An are nothing but insignificant platelets in those veins. He is Number 1492, living inside the dark, damp walls of a bronze pipe. Every day, he mines fragments of congealed divine blood until mutation kills him. That is, until a damaged jade slip appears, stripping away the “poison” inside him and transforming the “pus and blood” into pure primordial energy. As every other cultivator mutates into a monster, Wan An becomes the only “normal person” inside this divine corpse. “If we’re all going to be parasites, then I’ll be the one who eats the Host.”