Summary
At eight, Lin Sanniu is chosen by an immortal sect and promises his family and friends that he will return with the secret of eternal life. Instead, poor spiritual roots turn his glorious destiny into decades of slow cultivation, small triumphs, and painful farewells. As demons break through the barriers protecting the mortal world, Sanniu finally returns to the village he left as a child—only to discover what seventy-two years have cost him. When annihilation threatens both mortals and cultivators, an ordinary man who never became the hero of his dreams must decide what immortality truly means.