Wei Heng opened four meridians at the age of twelve and was hailed as a genius by the Wei Family Village.
But he was stuck at the threshold of the fifth meridian for three years.
The meridian-testing stone declared that he would never advance beyond the fourth stage of Meridian Opening. The clan took away his mine-guard post and sent him to work as the lowest-ranking hammer tester in the mines.
Then his father's old bracer cracked on the anvil, and the black iron meridian-testing plate hidden inside awakened to the sound of hammer blows and his heartbeat.
For the first time, Wei Heng saw his meridians as they truly were: the fifth meridian wasn't where the standard meridian chart said it should be at all.
If a technique was wrong, he corrected it. If a battle art was incomplete, he filled in the gaps. Against a powerful enemy, three exchanges were enough for him to dismantle their signature technique.
The Myriad Meridians Diagram grants no cultivation. Every new path must be tested with his own body, and one wrong step could sever his meridians and cripple him.
Starting in the Wei family's mines, Wei Heng will use the Myriad Meridians to prove the Martial Dao and forge his own path to becoming a Martial God.
Very good, the plot is exciting. I really want to know what these men in black want to do.