How, May I Ask, Will You Counter This Move?

No golden finger, no System, only a battered body and a cautious heart. He has a mixed Five Elements spirit root, a notorious waste in the cultivation world, and cultivates at less than a tenth the speed of a single spirit-root cultivator. But he refuses to believe in fate.

The lights of Lin'an City cannot illuminate the road ahead. A mixed Five Elements spirit root, an outcast of the cultivation world: everyone says he will never amount to anything. But the Tianyan Dao Sect plans to slaughter the city in a blood sacrifice, extract spirit roots, open the Heavenly Gate, and destroy the Three Realms. If he falls, a million lives stand behind him.

This is a cultivation epic about perseverance and redemption. There is no overwhelming power from a golden finger, only careful schemes at every step; no halo of extraordinary talent, only the unyielding resolve of a mixed spirit root fighting against the current. Friendship, family, love: every bond leaves a mark on the heart, and each one ends in a way that cannot be undone. Immortality comes at a price, and loneliness is his final destination, but he never regrets it.

His name is Li Jiutian. He refuses to believe in fate.