The Star Ruins Codex

Once a mine slave, imprisoned in Black Gravel, he escaped into the desolate marshes during a sudden uprising. He found the ancient fragmentary text Star-Attracting Art of the Shattered Ruins. At an ancient platform, he grasped the method of drawing in starlight, absorbing star power far beyond ordinary people and reaching the late stage of Meridian Tempering. His old prison lay ahead, and he longed to return for revenge, but the secret escape tunnel he had once used was now blocked by rubble. With the tunnel impassable and no way to sneak in, A Li concealed his cultivation and disguised himself as a wandering cultivator, facing the heavily guarded checkpoint head-on. The net hung high, and enemies surrounded him. The escaped slave has returned, armed with stellar arts. Old scores will be settled, and a storm is about to break.