From the Start, I Wield the Five-Finger Heart Sword: I Am the Undying Golden Candle

[System + ruthless and decisive + satisfying read + brutal domination + no rebirth + no female lead]

A special meal in death row? Poison in the food? What a joke!

After transmigrating to another world, he becomes a condemned prisoner in the Northern Frontier. A bowl of executioner's rice concealing demonic poison marks the beginning of his desperate fight for survival. Liu Guanyi is trapped on death row, with his execution set for tomorrow. At the brink of death, he binds himself to the Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword System. By slaying enemies, he accumulates sword intent and unlocks one deadly sword-light attack after another, his fighting strength soaring at a startling pace.

He turns the tables on those who tried to kill him, befriends a senior from the Zhuyesi who has been lying low in prison for twenty years, and unexpectedly uncovers Meng Hu's secret dealings with demons. With a classified list of rebel conspirators in hand, he escapes alive. While fending off pursuers, he navigates the demons' schemes, acting decisively and following only his own heart.

Heeding his senior's advice, he sheds his identity as a condemned prisoner and joins the Zhuyesi. He resolutely returns to the perilous site to reinforce the seal beneath the Great Wall, and takes the opportunity to investigate the Shen family's blood-soaked vendetta after their entire clan was slaughtered. He stops killing with killing, his sword holds the Northern Frontier in check, and he becomes a chilling blade that pierces the darkness.

One candle lights the way for ten thousand homes.

After fifty-four tribulations, the clouds of calamity still blanket the sky.

The light of his soul fills his heart, while sword qi in his fists stretches across the northern plains.

Four hundred years pass, time and again. Without death, how can a new life begin?

Cast off this broken body for a cleansing wind, sweep across the heavens, and restore the years of light!