Beyond the Mountains, Time Goes Unnoticed

A boy from a humble mountain village stumbles into the world of cultivation after discovering an anonymous corpse and a mysterious black stone. He has no innate spiritual meridians, no heaven-defying fortuitous encounters, and no one to pave the way for him. The only things Shi Wei has are a cautious heart and an obsession with living one day longer than everyone else. From a mountain village to a sect, from the mortal world to the path of immortality, he feels his way forward through one life-or-death choice after another. He has seen fellow disciples turn against each other over a single spirit herb, and cultivators forsake their families for a century of added life. He has seen immortal sects lord it over others, and so-called immortals fall into the dust. As his cultivation deepens, the secrets left behind by that corpse all those years ago gradually come to light. He thought he was merely walking the path to immortality. But he had no idea that the moment he laid eyes on that black stone, he had already stepped into a game that had been unfolding for ten thousand years. Mortals seek immortality, and immortals seek survival. The road is long. All I ask is to stay alive. And make it to the very end.