After the apocalypse, spiritual qi revival brings with it a world governed by countless rules that place spiritual power above all else.
The male protagonist is captured. His parents are dead, his sister is missing, and he awakens a System.
Returning to the Han family, he decides to leave and forge his own path to immortality. After leaving, he meets Xie Angxing, saves him, and borrows his identity to claim a place at Yushan for cultivation.
While taking on a mission to earn some extra money, he crosses paths with someone on the Must-Kill List and makes the acquaintance of Li Changyuan.
The protagonist enters a competition, but Han Jiali sabotages him. He faces an old enemy, wins, and becomes a seeded contender.
In the second elimination round, he faces another seeded contender and defeats him, making a name for himself. (Han Jiali had urged the man to kill the protagonist, but the protagonist crippled his meridians.)
The man's family then hunts him down. After dealing with them, the protagonist moves on to the next round. Drawn to sit out, he sneaks into the ruins to hunt for treasure, where he runs into members of the Han family and evades them by disguising himself.
But the Han family members come looking for trouble with him.
