In the path of cultivation, talent determines one's limits, while opportunity determines one's strength.
Across the world, countless cultivators and prodigies thrive, while aristocratic clans monopolize the path to immortality. The mediocre are ultimately trapped in the mortal world, dying alone in the wilderness.
The protagonist, Chen Mo, was born with four mismatched spiritual roots. He has no peerless talent, ancestral treasure, reclusive master, or heaven-sent opportunities. He rejects every external cheat, from the System and special bloodlines to secret realms full of easy treasure.
A powerless mortal has no shortcuts. The road to immortality is treacherous, and only painstaking cultivation can break through.
While others achieve sudden enlightenment, he spends years refining his cultivation. While others soar on the strength of lucky breaks, he trades sweat and blood for resources. Starting as a lowly servant in a sect, he keeps his head down and plans each move, using his mortal body to withstand the constraints of Heaven's Way and hard work to break through the barriers between classes.
Even through ten thousand years of loneliness, he remains true to himself. With nothing but mortal bones, he subdues the immortal heavens across the ages.
A grounded, painstaking cultivation epic that follows an ordinary mortal from the dust to the peak of chaos.
The author's idea is good, but it's too far removed from common sense. Human growth cannot be achieved solely through hard work. Just like someone living in a rural area, no matter how hard they work farming from a young age, they still can't compare to their peers who go to university and work in companies. Simply emphasizing relentless effort makes the reading uninteresting.
It feels okay
Keep it up, real author!