The Great Path Is Hard, and Life as a Rogue Cultivator Is Harder

PS: A traditional cultivation novel. The male lead does not get much attention. (Content warnings below the blurb)

Blurb:

Fu Qingwei, an ordinary mortal woman, discovers one day that she has three spiritual roots. But disaster strikes without warning, staining the night with blood. She narrowly survives, and from then on, wanders through a life of hardship.

A jade ring connects her to a thousand realms; a talisman brush rests in her hand. In this vast world, how can a rogue cultivator find the Dao and attain immortality...

Content warnings:

1: The female lead cultivates magic and excels at talismans. She can use a blade, but it is not her bonded weapon. She will not join a sect. She relies on herself to cultivate and figures things out as she goes.

2: She has a golden finger, but it is no world-defying advantage, and she cannot use it fully at first.

3: Under this novel's cultivation system, anyone who forms a core before the age of one hundred is a genius. There are no teenagers who form cores or reach the Nascent Soul stage.

4: Challenging someone of a higher level is only possible across minor stages. The difference between major stages is like heaven and earth. For example, under normal circumstances, someone in the Qi Refining stage cannot kill someone in the Foundation Establishment stage. Even someone at the peak of Qi Refining is no match for someone in early Foundation Establishment.

(To be continued)

Cultivation levels: Qi Refining -- Foundation Establishment -- Core Formation -- Nascent Soul -- Deity Transformation -- Void Refinement -- Body Integration -- Mahayana -- Tribulation Transcendence

Weapon levels: Treasure -- Magical Weapon -- Spiritual Weapon -- Magic Treasure -- Spiritual Treasure -- Immortal Weapon -- Immortal Treasure -- Divine Weapon

Theme: Face adversity head-on