Defying Heaven: The Crippled Root's Ascension

Born with shattered spiritual roots, Lin Sen is nothing but trash in the eyes of his sect—mocked, scorned, and left to rot. But fate has other plans. When a desperate fall into a forbidden valley delivers an ancient cultivation manual into his hands, everything changes. Armed with forbidden techniques that defy the natural order, Lin Sen begins his brutal climb from the bottom. Scheming disciples plot his death. Demonic sects hunt him like prey. Yet with each life-or-death battle, he shatters the limits that should have caged him forever. This is the story of a boy the heavens abandoned—and hi…