Everyone in my sect except me is a heaven-blessed prodigy, practically unbeatable among their peers.
My master, Jiang Ci, stormed into the Demon Realm alone during the war against it a hundred years ago and carved a path through the entire realm with her self-created Green Lotus Sword Art. Since then, she has become the number one cultivator in the Nine Provinces, a Nascent Soul expert looked up to by countless cultivators.
My senior sister is brilliant and exceptionally gifted in cultivation. She has an extremely rare single fire spiritual root. While still at the Nascent Soul stage, she dared to enter the forbidden territory of the demon clan alone and successfully seize the Red Lotus Karmic Flame. She created her own sword art, Karmic Flame Purifies the World, became the best of her generation, and has never lost a fight.
My second senior brother was born into a cultivation family and is a peerless prodigy. He studies both alchemy and swordsmanship, and has a beautiful, exceptionally gifted fiancée from a prestigious family.
My third senior brother was born with a sword bone. He reached Foundation Establishment in half a month and the Golden Core stage in six months. His Green Lotus Sword Art is masterful, and he is the top competitor in the Nine Provinces' youth tournament.
As for me, I'm just an ordinary person my master happened to save while she was out adventuring. She gave me a name, a second chance at life, and took me as her disciple. But my talent for cultivation is average, my temperament is average, and my cultivation speed is even more average. I'm thoroughly ordinary, with nothing special about me.
1. The main text is written in third person.
2. The heroine is merely capable of cultivating and setting foot on the path of cultivation. Her so-called talent and aptitude are genuinely ordinary, very ordinary. She is not a heaven-blessed prodigy.
3. The protagonist is imperfect and often makes mistakes, but will gradually correct them. This is a coming-of-age story.
4. The writing is amateurish. If you can't accept that, feel free not to read.
5. All the main male characters have one-sided feelings for the heroine.
6. This is not a wish-fulfillment fantasy or a story about a strong heroine. It has a slow pace and a gradual leveling-up progression.
Theme: Even if I'm just an ordinary person, I can still forge my own path.