Treading the Mortal Path to Immortality

At sixteen, Xiao Fan was at the peak of the Qi-Introduction stage, unrivaled in Qingyan City, a peerless genius admired by all. A dispute over a mine vein led to a secret collusion between an elder of his clan and an external enemy, resulting in a single strike from an immortal master that shattered his meridians, crippling his martial path and reducing him to a useless person. ... Within the clan, the elder harbors ambitions; outside, powerful enemies press closer. In a desperate situation, an ancient jade ring awakens, and the remnant soul of an old immortal appears, unveiling the long-sealed secrets of cultivation. Yet beneath this chance to defy fate, he is found to possess the worst five-element mixed spiritual root, making his cultivation speed several times slower than ordinary people! All say Xiao Fan will never rise again. But no one knows that even an ant on the mortal path can defy destiny. ... Years later, when the masses bow in worship, who would have thought that the youth who once walked the treacherous path of cultivation would enter Qi Refining, build the Dao Foundation, condense the Golden Core, ... step by step treading the mortal path to immortality! (Martial Three Realms: Bone Forging, Meridian Unblocking, Qi Introduction; Immortal Eight Realms: Qi Refining, Foundation Building, Core Condensation, Nascent Soul, Cave Void, Return to Unity, Creation, ...) — Description from novelcodex.org