I Have No Spiritual Root, So I Cultivate My Body

In a world where the path to immortality belongs only to those blessed with Spiritual Roots, having no Spiritual Root means a life destined to remain ordinary. At the age of sixteen, **Dev** undergoes the Spiritual Root Awakening Ceremony. The result is absolute. **No Spiritual Root.** While his peers step onto the path of Qi Cultivation, Jiang Chen is left behind. He cannot absorb spiritual energy, cannot learn ordinary cultivation techniques, and is told that he will never become an immortal. But **Dev** refuses to accept a fate decided by Heaven. By chance, he discovers an ancient cultivation method buried beneath a forgotten mountain. It does not require a Spiritual Root. It requires something far more difficult— **the body itself.** Skin must be tempered. Flesh must be forged. Bones must be shattered and reforged. Blood must become a furnace. The organs must withstand the power of Heaven and Earth. While Qi cultivators absorb the world's spiritual energy, Dev walks a forgotten path where **his own body becomes his greatest weapon**. At first, he is nothing more than a weak mortal. Then one day, a Qi Gathering cultivator strikes him with a sword. The sword breaks. Dev doesn't. As his body grows stronger, he begins uncovering the forgotten history of Body Cultivation—and the terrifying reason why this path disappeared from the world thousands of years ago. The ancient Body Cultivators were not unable to become immortals. They had discovered another way to reach immortality. A way that threatened the very foundation of the cultivation world. With nothing but his fists, his determination, and an indestructible body, Jiang Chen will walk a path that no one believes should exist. Others cultivate Qi. Others comprehend the Dao. He will cultivate himself. Because when Heaven closes the path to immortality, he will forge another one.