I Used the Heaven-Slaying Pearl to Rise from a Mortal to the Ancestor of the Divine Realm

Zhang Li was a good-for-nothing with Five Elements spiritual roots, born with no chance of ever cultivating immortality. That changed when a pearl fell from the sky and smashed through his skull: the Chaos Treasure, Heaven-Slaying Pearl, had chosen him as its master. Daoyi, the pearl's spirit, had once been the Chaos Dao Ancestor. Now residing within the pearl as a remnant soul, he coldly told Zhang Li, “With talent like yours, you won't last three days in the cultivation world.” Zhang Li lived by one rule: keep your head down to survive, and survive to grow stronger. While others fought over treasures and opportunities, he lay in wait in the shadows to pick up the scraps. When his fellow disciples bullied him for his poor talent, he smiled and bore it, then waited until the dead of night to kill them with a single sword strike, never forgetting to search their storage pouches. From a village hunter to a Nascent Soul Ancestor, he took the most timid approach down the most ruthless path. But as the secrets of the Heaven-Slaying Pearl were gradually revealed, the black-robed figure hunting him turned out to be a Dao Ancestor of the Divine Realm, while the pearl's true origins were tied to the survival of all Chaos. After keeping his head down his entire life, Zhang Li found himself forced to face a choice: keep hiding, or stand before everyone and say, “I won't dodge this sword.” And the person who had told him, “Come back alive,” beside the Spirit-Cleansing Pool was still waiting for him to come home.