The Road to Immortality Is Treacherous, but There Are No Immortals in Kyushu

People in the world practice cultivation just for longevity. Refining the body, gathering energy, building foundations, golden elixirs, Nascent Soul... Countless monks have spent their whole lives just to one day survive the catastrophe, push open the gate of heaven, and ascend to immortality. But no one ever asked. Where did those people who ascended go? Lu Chen, a young man from the borderlands, was born with useless spiritual roots and was unable to draw Qi into his body for sixteen years. Until that year, a battle between the monks destroyed his village. Among the ruins, he picked up a black fragment next to a mysterious corpse. There is no skill or magic on the ruined monument. Only four words. Don't try to ascend. From then on, Lu Chen was able to see the gray aura in the world that others could not detect, and he could also see the "cracks" in the techniques, magic weapons, and even the avenues of heaven and earth. Others practice the complete method. He repairs the incomplete way. Others seek immortality. But he walked step by step toward the secret that had been hidden for thousands of years by the entire world of immortality. Many years later, Lu Chen stood in front of Tianmen. Ten thousand immortals knelt down behind the door. The heavens are silent. And he finally understood—— The so-called ascension is never the end of practice. But it is the beginning of sacrifice.