Heaven is not Worth Kneeling To
In a world where cultivation is governed by Heaven and destiny is assigned long before a choice can be made, **Shen Liwei** is an anomaly long before he understands why.
Born into an era that venerates order and obedience, Liwei follows the path of cultivation with quiet discipline, yet never with blind faith. While others advance by accepting the power Heaven offers, he senses an unspoken cost beneath that generosity—something borrowed, something claimed in return. As his peers race toward ascension, Liwei lingers, refining his strength slowly, deliberately, asking questions no one else dares to voice.
When the gates of Heaven finally open to him, offering immortality and enlightenment, Shen Liwei does the unthinkable.
He refuses.
With that single, calm rejection, he is erased from Heaven’s records and cast beyond fate’s authority. No longer bound by destiny, no longer protected by its promises, he becomes a being Heaven cannot define—a living flaw in a perfect system. Branded an anomaly, then a defect, Liwei is hunted not out of hatred, but necessity. A system built on control cannot tolerate what it cannot classify.
As Heaven’s enforcers close in and the world slowly forgets his name, Shen Liwei walks a path no one has ever survived: **Heavenless Immortality**. Along the way, he gathers truths buried by forgotten wars, disciples drawn to freedom over safety, and enemies who were once beloved. Among them stands Xu Yanru, the woman who chose Heaven when he did not, now bound to the very order that seeks to reclaim or erase him.
This is not a story of rebellion fueled by rage, nor of power seized through ambition.
It is the story of a man who simply chose not to kneel—and of the fear that choice awakens in gods, immortals, and Heaven itself.
As the cosmic order begins to fracture, one question echoes through every realm:
If Heaven was created to prevent chaos…
what happens when someone proves it was never absolute to begin with?
