I Ask the Heavens with a Woodcutter's Blade

Lin Fan was destined for mediocrity—a talentless handyman disciple chopping wood and hauling water at the Azure Cloud Sect. Hunger gnaws at him when he fails his firewood quota, and his peers mock him endlessly. But every swing of his blade forges something his so-called betters lack: unbreakable strength. When a hidden cultivation manual falls into his hands during a routine tree-felling, Lin Fan's grueling labor transforms into the foundation of his rise. From the bottom of the sect to the peak of the heavens, he'll prove that true power isn't born—it's earned one swing at a time.