Lin Yan, a modern college student, was holed up in his dorm, eating instant noodles and gaming when, in the next instant, he transmigrated into the body of Qingxuan Sect's most useless outer disciple. Born with a useless spiritual root and a shattered dantian, he hadn't advanced beyond the Bone Tempering Realm in three years. Anyone could walk all over him.
Just before he was beaten to death, the remnant soul of the ancient Xuan Shu Dao Master poured into his sea of consciousness: "The hearts of countless cultivators are weighed down by inner demons. Only your heart is pure enough to inherit my Fourteen Sword Paths."
The Fourteen Swords of Xuan Shu don't judge talent, only the heart. While others cultivate spiritual energy, he cultivates sword intent. While others grow more savage with every kill, he grows clearer with every tribulation. His spiritual root is useless? Perfect. No spiritual energy? He doesn't need it.
The first sword sheds force like the wind. The second guards like a mountain. The third sends sword intent surging like a mighty river, flowing on without end...
Each sword is a heaven of its own.
But Lin Yan doesn't know that the Fourteen Swords of Xuan Shu are a forbidden sword path sealed by the Heavenly Dao for countless ages. When he masters the fourteenth sword, he will wield the power to redefine the laws of heaven and earth.
The Heavenly Dao is afraid.
Inner sect prodigies, scions of noble families, sect elders, ancient powerhouses... He crushes them one by one, until at last, he must face this world itself.
"I didn't come to conquer the world."
"I came to set new rules for it."
One female lead + character-focused cultivation + sword-path progression. A mortal takes up the sword and climbs fourteen heavens, one sword, one heaven.
The plot is compact and not procrastinating. It is loose when it should be and tight when it should be. He should be an old hand-rubbing artist. Come on more...