Robbed of First Place, I Enter the Daoist Sect and Tread the Path to Immortality

He passes the prefectural exam as the top candidate, but overnight, someone steals his place. His academic honors are revoked, and his mother is brutally killed. He joins a Daoist sect and steps into the world of immortal cultivation. But the cultivation world is even crueler than the mortal one. A minor Qi Refining cultivator like him isn’t even high enough on the list to be worth killing. Unable to fight back, he first learns to act meek. Too weak to fight head-on, he first learns to keep accounts. They use him as a scout, a disposable pawn, and bait. He keeps track of every last thing. His place as top candidate stolen, he joins a Daoist sect and steps onto the path to immortality. He’s in no rush to win. A gentleman can wait a thousand years to avenge himself.