From the Bitter Love Tree to Immortal Lord of Myriad Paths

The greatest bond in the world is formed by preparing someone's body for burial. Li Xuan was born an orphan. He wandered from place to place as a boy, living off the charity of kind strangers. While begging for a living, he unexpectedly obtained a tiny tree seed that fell into his sea of consciousness. As the seed grew, he discovered that by forming bonds with other people, he could gain cultivation techniques, skills, talents, and more. He named it the Bitter Love Tree. Above all, people treasure life. Apart from immortals who can command heaven and earth, who can live forever? What can remain unchanged for all eternity? Li Xuan longed to become an immortal, yet could never find a trace of one. After casually picking up a beggar's corpse, he claimed his father had died and sold himself into service at the Shen residence to pay for the burial. There, he obtained the martial arts technique Nine Tiger Soul-Cutting Blade from Wang Er, the head of the servants' quarters. Thus began his path in martial arts. Only after reaching its peak did he finally get his wish and encounter cultivators. And so... “People treasure life above all. What's wrong with wanting to live forever?” “Call me sinister and cunning, or say I'll stop at nothing. It's all just a little hardship.” “Say I'm wicked all you like. That's only because I haven't become an immortal yet. Once my immortal arts are mastered and my divine powers perfected, who won't cry, ‘Long live the Immortal Venerable’?” “I forgot the beginning and the middle. All I remember is becoming an immortal.”