The Substitute Sword Venerable

For ten thousand years, the way of the sword has been rigidified. Beneath the foundation of the Tianshu Sword Sect, countless low-level sword cultivators yearn to ascend. Li Shenzhi, transmigrating into this world, is forcibly drawn into the vortex of power because of his striking resemblance to the legendary renegade senior brother, becoming a disposable pawn. In this cultivation world where lives are as fragile as grass, Li Shenzhi has only one goal: to survive. With a pair of eyes that can see through the essence of things, he opens the neglected 'Basic Sword Manual'. He does not contend for temporary glory, nor does he reveal a hint of sharpness. The world laughs at him for being cowardly and incompetent, even the lowest disciples can trample on him. Until that day, when the sect is on the verge of collapse and demonic calamity looms over the city, the conservative elders, in despair, kneel and beg for a peerless sword immortal to save them. In the crowd, the always gentle and timid Li Shenzhi sighs and draws the most dilapidated iron sword from his waist. With a single, simplest horizontal slash, heaven and earth are split, and all laws are annihilated. 'Actually, I really only know the basic sword technique.' — Description from novelcodex.org