A useless Five-Element spiritual root, Qi Refining at the third level, and all his worldly possessions amount to three spirit stones, one of them chipped.
Lu An's greatest wish in life is to keep his head down until he dies of old age.
Then he digs up half of a black token. He drips blood on it, and the System binds to him.
"Host detected: timid to the bone. Congratulations, you've been accepted by the 'Live by Daring to Die System'. The more afraid of death you are, the more suited you are to learning how to court it."
The more he courts death, the stronger he gets. The closer he gets to dying, the greater the rewards.
Refuse? His cultivation is reset, and his spirit stones are confiscated.
So he steels himself to touch a fire python's tail, steal the sect master's treasured wine, break into the Sword Pool, and face a demonic tide, all while yelling for help and charging forward.
Years later, the world respectfully calls him King of Hell Lu.
Only he knows that all he ever wanted was to make it home alive.
