# Good-for-nothing's rise # Face-slapping
Three years ago, he was a once-in-a-century cultivation prodigy of the Qingyun Sect. He drew in qi at twelve and established his foundation at thirteen, hailed as the chosen one with the best chance of reaching the Golden Core realm!
Three years later, his spiritual meridians had withered and all his cultivation was gone. Fallen from the clouds into the mire, he became a servant anyone could bully, cast away to the desolate Broken Star Cliff, where he endured contempt and ridicule.
“A genius? Just a joke that didn't last!”
“A good-for-nothing belongs in the garbage heap. What makes you think you can cultivate immortality?”
Faced with endless humiliation, Ye Chen silently clenched his fists. Then one day, the mysterious black stone at the bottom of Broken Star Cliff merged with his dantian and transformed into a Star Core. The Star-Skeleton Godforging Art appeared out of nowhere!
His blocked spiritual meridians reopened, his good-for-nothing body awakened, and the power of the stars tempered his flesh. His spiritual qi became far purer than that of anyone at the same cultivation level!
Those who once bullied him now kneel and beg for mercy!
Those who once looked down on him can no longer hope to reach him!
Those who once betrayed him will pay their blood debt in blood!
From servant to pillar of the sect, from the Blackwind Mountains to the starry rivers of the Nine Heavens, Ye Chen wields the Star Core, devours the essence of all things, and forges an imperishable star-skeleton!
“The path of me, Ye Chen, is to crush everyone who dares defy me and make the stars tremble!”
