Devour the Patterns

At sixteen, Shen Yuan looked at the colorless pattern on his palm and knew he had only four years to live. It was the [Doom Pattern], a taboo fate unseen for millennia, something even the heavens sought to erase. In a world where fate patterns decide everything—golden divine patterns mark geniuses, purple celestial patterns mark prodigies, red residual patterns mark the short-lived—he didn't even qualify to be defined. But Shen Yuan refused to accept his fate. He devoured the calamity pattern of a beast, extending his life by ten years; he devoured an enemy's earth pattern, breaking through to a higher realm; he devoured the shackles of heaven, defying the natural order. From a lowly handyman in the Yellow Character Academy to the master who devours all fate patterns, from a pariah cursed by all to a revered leader of rebellion against fate. He said: "Fate patterns are not destiny; they are shackles. I will rid this world of fate patterns!" This is a story of an ordinary man devouring fate and defying heaven. It is also a legend of choice and freedom, resistance and protection. [Slow-burn mortal style, intelligence-focused, single female lead, delicate romance]