Mortal Refining the Immortal Path

In a world brimming with spiritual energy, cultivators monopolize spiritual veins and are emotionally detached, while mortals develop technology using spirit stones and secretly build up power, with tensions on the verge of eruption. Chen Yuan, a single-spirit-root prodigy of Qingxuan Sect, deliberately fails his Nascent Soul tribulation three times to temper his mind through mortal trials and stay true to his heart, avoiding the cold-blooded constraints of cultivators. Yu Mengyao, from a small cultivation family with gold and water dual spirit roots, is trapped by the fate of marriage. To fight for freedom, she bets on forming a Nascent Soul and embarks on a trial journey. The two travel down the mountain together, moving from mutual distrust to tacit understanding, and work side by side to resolve conflicts between mortal technology and cultivation disputes, developing restrained feelings for each other. They must deal with the experimental conspiracies of a mysterious organization and reconcile the ultimate conflict between mortals and cultivators. In the end, Chen Yuan transcends tribulation and ascends, promising Yu Mengyao to meet in the upper realm, leaving behind a deep affection that crosses realms and an unfinished path of coexistence.