Ten Years of Cultivation in a Day: I Begin My Path to Immortality with the Unorthodox

Gu Chang'an transmigrates to the Tianwu Continent and becomes the young master of a paper effigy shop in the Great Xia Dynasty. Demons and monsters run rampant in this world, and the uncanny lurks everywhere. Martial artists temper their bodies, sorcerers cultivate qi, while the unorthodox arts of cultivating baleful yin energy are considered taboo.

The Gu family has passed down the Taiyin Paper Effigy Art for generations. Because it can communicate with the underworld and summon souls, it brings disaster upon the family. Gravely wounded, Gu Chang'an flees into the wilderness and becomes trapped in a cave. When he faces certain death at the hands of a painted-skin ghost, the System awakens.

[Talent: Heaven rewards diligence. One day of cultivation is equivalent to ten years of arduous training. Unlimited growth, no cultivation bottlenecks, and no restrictions from cultivation techniques.]

From then on, Gu Chang'an embarks on an unprecedented path to immortality through unorthodox arts. Others toil for ten years to make a breakthrough, while one day of cultivation gives him the equivalent of ten years' power. Others spend a century comprehending a spell, while a few days in seclusion are enough for him to master an unorthodox secret art.

With the Taiyin Paper Effigy Art, Gu Chang'an makes a paper puppet wielding a blade and slays the painted-skin ghost with a single slash. As his cultivation rises, the art of paper effigies continues to evolve.

The Sword Immortal Li Bai, Zhao Zilong of Changshan, Lu Bu, the peerless Ximen Chuixue... and even the mythic Marshal of the Central Altar, Nezha; the Perfected Lord of the Pure Origin and Wondrous Way, Erlang Shen; and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, will all return to the mortal world in the form of paper effigies crafted by Gu Chang'an.

As the Great Xia Dynasty teeters on the brink of collapse, demons run rampant and the uncanny spreads, while the world's strongest vie for immortality, Gu Chang'an stands before countless paper puppets and smiles faintly:

"The world cultivates the Great Way; I cultivate unorthodox arts. A single sheet of paper can bear all the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, and a single thought can suppress demons and monsters for all eternity. If there are no immortals in this world, then I shall become one."