All My Superpowers Are Pain

Other people awaken supernatural abilities that let them command wind and thunder or split mountains, growing stronger the more they train. Zhan Qun awakens an ability that tears at his muscles and bones and devours his soul. The more he cultivates, the more it hurts. He is widely regarded as the most useless perception-type in history. He is unemployed the moment he graduates and can’t even touch the lowest-tier Baiheng badge. That is, until his father brings home a pale, silent girl he found in a crevice among the stones of a wilderness forest. Her mind is clouded, like someone who has lost her soul, yet she can effortlessly suppress the backlash that leaves him screaming in agony. His childhood friend Chen Nuo is full of lies, swearing he’ll protect him for life while secretly hiding the girl’s background. Is the boy’s nature truly shaped by the glittering world around him? Xing Peng, a mysterious cultivator who is sometimes friend and sometimes foe, is willing to offend his own clan to help him. Does he admire Zhan Qun’s talent, or is he after the secret hidden within the girl? Powerful clans compete for him, the Xuanting investigates him, and assassins from abroad cross borders to hunt him down. The peaceful days in this remote border town shatter into pieces. His supernatural ability is nothing but pain, and he was born a good-for-nothing. But when the pain pierces his marrow, he finally understands: This agony carved into his bones is the only key to seeing through every truth in the world.