A fragment of a gray-white jade slip left behind by his grandfather does not directly grant cultivation. It records only an ancient breathing technique and can decipher how spiritual energy flows through heaven and earth. But using it consumes a cultivator’s spiritual and mental energy. Overuse causes headaches and wears down the mind. It comes at a cost, not an unlimited cheat.
The protagonist, Wang Kuo, is a seventeen-year-old boy from Qingshi Village on the frontier. He has no peerless spiritual root, only a mixed five-element root, widely regarded in the cultivation world as a useless one. He is patient and practical, meticulous in thought, and no bloodthirsty killer, but he is no saint either. His first priority is survival, though deep down he is determined to protect the few people he has left.
