The Ledger of Inheritance

Under the jurisdiction of Qingzhang Sect, the Shen clan, a lowly affiliated family, had their ancestral spirit vein taken away by the higher sect under the pretext of a "correction." For three generations, they could only do low-level mining labor for the great sect in exchange for spirit stone rations. The first generation, Shen Yan, survived a mining disaster and obtained a fragmented scroll. Using "keeping accounts for the sect" as a foothold, he entered the edges of power and won back a废弃 vein for the family. The second generation, Shen Zhao, through reforming the废弃 vein and intermarrying with outside clans, elevated the Shen family from an affiliated clan to an independent branch, but due to his high achievements, the higher sect stripped him of power under the name of an "assessment." The third generation, Shen Heng, in the sect's grand competition and factional strife, used a ledger that was both forged and real to overturn the old order, at the cost of half the family being exiled. The fourth generation, Shen Yan (same name, meaning "inheriting the flame"), returns as a rule-maker. Ultimately, he does not replace Qingzhang Sect, but changes "resource distribution" from a game of personal connections into a verifiable system—and he himself becomes the next object that needs to be scrutinized. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: The Ledger of Inheritance — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠