Lu Yuan's Path to Immortality

A Useless Five-Element Spiritual Root, Defying Fate with a Single Pearl∴ He should have spent his whole life struggling in the mortal world.

Until the day he found a dusty gray pearl.

The pearl can sense spiritual energy, spot weaknesses, and even unleash a deadly strike when he is at death's door. The price is draining his spiritual energy and leaving him exposed to his enemies.

There is no luck in the cultivation world. Leapfrog battles mean certain death, a windfall may be a trap, resources are never enough, and his enemies are always stronger than he is.

Lu Yuan can only rely on his wits. He schemes, stays patient, and stakes his life against his opponents, surviving long enough to go from pawn to player.

Mortal cultivation: a mortal's path to immortality.

It is also a path of hardship, like a mortal trying to climb to heaven.