The Ancestral Shrine

Ascension is a scam. The human realm is a farm for the Spirit Realm.

The rulers of the Spirit Realm, the Nine Heavens Immortal Court, discovered that everyone who ascended from the lower realms carried a trace of Heaven's Mandate. It was the finest nourishment for refining Dao Fruits and extending immortal lifespans.

After ascending, Xu Changfeng killed the harvest envoy and seized the Samsara Dao Seed, becoming a fugitive wanted throughout the Spirit Realm.

As mighty figures from every corner of the Spirit Realm closed in on him, Xu Changfeng chose to sacrifice his Dao body and tear apart the Spirit Realm's barrier. His remnant soul, wrapped around the System and the Samsara Dao Seed, fell back into the human realm.

At the final moment of his life, his remnant soul, the auxiliary cultivation System he had received when he transmigrated, and the Samsara Dao Seed merged into one: the Ancestral Shrine.