Mortal with No Meridians, Dreaming of a Sage's Dao

Lu Li was known as the zero-inch cripple in the outer sect of Qingyun Sect, with no spiritual roots at all, enduring endless ridicule. After an accident, he awakened the legendary Dao-devouring demonic art, allowing him to devour everything—spiritual herbs, demon cores, and even cultivators' cultivation—all for his own use. What if he was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining? He killed twenty-seven demon beasts in seven days, his cultivation soaring to the peak of the ninth level. Inner sect genius Li Chengfeng publicly signed a life-and-death pact, vowing to meet on the stage at the outer sect competition in six months, with the loser crippling their own cultivation and leaving the sect. Elder Zhao secretly plotted to uncover his secrets and eliminate him at the root. Only Elder Wang secretly supported him, giving him a Qi-gathering talisman and a remnant Qi Refining manual, with the advice: "Survival is the most important thing." As the six-month deadline approached, Lu Li devoured his way up, transforming from a waste into a figure that made the entire sect tremble. "You all want me dead?" he stood at the center of the arena, gray-black spiritual power surging skyward, "Too bad, I intend to live, and devour every one of you." — Description from novelcodex.org