I Am the Dao, Yet the Dao Is Not Me

Ying Zheng, an orphan caught in a chaotic age, struggled to survive at the bottom of society from childhood. By chance, he found a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation and awakened a mid-grade spiritual root. Cautious and patient, with the heart of an emperor, he rises from the mortal realm, ventures through the cultivation world, breaks into the immortal realm, and enters the primeval wilderness. He witnesses the joys and sorrows of the world, and learns of the deceit and bleakness in people's hearts. He contends with the Immortal Venerables of the sects and matches wits with the Sages of the primeval wilderness. He bows to no Heavenly Dao and reveres no divine authority. After enduring countless trials of bloodshed, he ultimately proves the Emperor's Dao. I am the Dao, yet the Dao is not me. A mere mortal, as insignificant as an ant, will one day ascend to the summit of the ages and look down upon all that came before and after.