"Master, you told me earlier that if you are willing to endure hardship, you can take the imperial examination; if you can endure pain, you can practice martial arts; and only if you are not afraid of death, you can become a spy... So if I am willing to endure hardship, endure pain, and am not afraid of death, am I enough to become a qualified monk?"
"Not enough, you are still missing one of the most critical qualities."
"What is it?"
"You have to be yin enough."
In the ten continents of the world, there are many immortal families. The sects and clans divide the territory and monopolize important cultivation resources such as spiritual veins and exercises. If a monk has no background and no backing, it will be difficult for him to get ahead if he wants to get ahead!
Zhao Si, a loose cultivator, was born in troubled times. His father abandoned his mother, and his life was full of misfortunes. Fortunately, there is an "Inscription on the Divine Turtle" engraved in his body. The inscription is magical and can make others recognize the real treasure as its owner and be instantly refined into the Qi Mansion, so:
Kill Yang Feiyue and get [Sunset Molten Gold Armor] and [Chain Hammer], refine it!
Get rid of the monsters and obtain the [White Broken Fan] and [Bone Bracelet], which can also be refined!
Destroy Bai Xu and obtain [Nightmare Whisk], [Ice Shoes] and [Black Wings], and refine them all!
Relying on the superpower of carrying inscriptions, Zhao Si gradually ascended to immortality, plundering all things to strengthen himself. From the beginning, he only refined real treasures, and later he was able to conquer spiritual weapons and even control divine weapons. In the end, he even regarded the largest immortal sect [Tiangong] in the world as his treasure!
…
Many years later, the "Yunding Celestial Palace" in the sky above Zuyingzhou changed owners. All the immortals were shocked, some gods were furious, and thunder rang through the sky: "A rogue cultivator without any sect can actually reach this day and refine the Celestial Palace. Why does he have it?!"
(Unsystematic traditional literature + indigenous + biased villain design)