Forging Immortal Roots: An Ordinary Mortal's Ascension

No golden fingers, no destiny—just one boy and an ancient wooden toad against a merciless cultivation world. When his mother dies, young Fang Ping ventures into enemy territory to find his father, clutching only a mysterious artifact. What begins as a desperate search becomes an immortal odyssey through treachery, bloodshed, and forgotten graves. The heavens favor no one, yet this ordinary mortal refuses to yield, carving his path through the chaos one painstaking step at a time.