The Rootless Heaven

In the empire of Ten Thousand Peaks, destiny is measured by spiritual roots. Those born with gold, jade, or lightning roots ascend into sects, command flying swords, and court immortality. Those born rootless are useful only as servants, sacrifices, or fertilizer for spirit fields. Liang Shen has no roots, no clan, and no future—until the day he survives a failed pill furnace explosion and awakens a shattered inheritance buried inside his own soul: the Dao of Empty Heaven, a forbidden path that cultivates not by absorbing qi, but by devouring the meaning behind all things.

Taken into the Azure Lantern Sect as a menial disciple, Shen must hide his impossible cultivation while navigating cruel elders, arrogant geniuses, deadly trials, and a tournament where one mistake means death. But every step upward draws the attention of ancient powers who remember the last rootless cultivator—the immortal who tried to refine Heaven itself.

As tribulations darken the sky and sect politics turn murderous, Shen must decide what immortality is worth when each breakthrough erases another piece of his humanity.