From the Start, Possessed by an Ancestor

[Strong female lead + No System + No brainless characters + Every faction is intelligent]

A group of mortal prodigies braved the wind and waves, crossed the boundless sea, and survived one near-death ordeal after another to finally set foot on the legendary Qiling Continent.

They left their homeland and risked their lives to make the journey, believing they would ascend to immortality.

But the continent had no gifts for them.

The great clans of the land treated them with contempt. Ancient monsters that had lived for ten thousand years sought to possess their bodies. Behind them lay a mortal homeland they could never return to; before them stretched a prison with no visible end.

Despair surged like a tide, swallowing the young cultivators whole.

But there are always some who refuse to bow to fate.

Before they could sink into utter ruin, an undying hope rose above their despair.