Chronicles of the Spirit Abyss: Book One, The Xuanhuang Seal Is Broken

Lu Zhao has the lowest-grade earth affinity and is admitted to the weakest academy, the Black Tortoise Institute.

While everyone says, "Attack is what makes a king," he uncovers a secret hidden for three hundred years: bearing the weight of the world is the greatest talent of all.

From the lowest-ranked D Dormitory to the Rock Platform that shakes all four institutes; from a mocked "good-for-nothing" to the "foundation" that bears all things. Under Shen Mu's quiet protection, he learns to "feel" instead of "resist." With Gu Qingya's lively companionship, he comes to understand that "not losing" is itself a kind of "victory." When golden threads cut into his flesh and a shattered-gold hammer crashes into his chest, he doesn't move an inch, because the earth never dodges.

The five elements generate one another, and the four symbols revolve. As the truth behind the apotheosis is revealed layer by layer and the shadow of the evil god falls over the Spirit Abyss, the boy who only knows how to "stand there and take a beating" will become a vessel capable of bearing everything.

"I'm not a good-for-nothing. I'm the foundation that bears all things."

"Even if I forget everything, my body will remember to protect you."

An Eastern academy fantasy that overturns the rule that "attack comes first." Built on the Qian Hexagram and inspired by the Dao De Jing, it tells the story of a good-for-nothing's rise, but also explores the Eastern philosophy of "bearing all things from a humble position."