Eternal Life Amidst a Mountain of Corpses

My name is Chen Ping, an outer disciple of Qingxuan Sect tasked with collecting the bodies of fellow disciples who failed the 'Path to Immortality.' It's a filthy job no one wants, but I don't care. I have a secret: I can absorb residual cultivation and memories from the dead. I thought things would go on like this until I was ordered to retrieve the body of Lin Qingzhu, the sect's genius. She was the only one I ever looked up to. In her cold body, I saw her final memory—it wasn't a failed ascension but a carefully orchestrated sacrifice. The so-called 'Path to Immortality' is a dead end leading into the belly of a monster. The revered elders personally pushed genius after genius into the abyss. In that moment, I knew I was next. I can't stay in this cannibalistic sect any longer.