My Cultivation Was Destroyed from the Start, So I Had to Become a Rebel

The unluckiest thing that ever happened to Su Mu was offending Murong Qing, a scion of a powerful clan. The second was having his dantian crippled and being expelled from the National Cultivation Academy. The third... was discovering that the Heavenly Dao governing this world had a bug. In a world where cultivation is permitted only after receiving an official talisman, public support can replace spiritual energy. As long as the people pledge their loyalty to you, the Heavenly Dao recognizes your official rank. So a miner’s orphan became the name the imperial court was most afraid to mention: a rebel cultivator with no official talisman. Others cultivate with spirit stones and pills; he cultivates by capturing cities and expanding his territory. Others rise through the ranks by sucking up to their superiors; he gets promoted by surviving heavenly tribulations. Murong Qing thought he had crushed an ant. He had no idea that the ant was gnawing through his very foundations.