No Cheats, No System—Why Am I the Protagonist?!

When reality crushes your dreams, do you rise or fall? Guo Weizhong discovers his destined future—but there's no system, no golden finger, no easy path to power. In an age where spiritual energy awakens beneath technology's shadow, gods scheme in darkness, the prophesied savior has vanished, and humanity turns on itself. Armed with nothing but determination, he must forge his own way as a cultivator in a world that offers no shortcuts. This is a story of grit over gifts, perseverance over plot armor.