The Dao Devourer's Mortal Immortal

Cultivation is a lie. In a universe where spiritual energy never truly grows, cultivators are nothing more than vessels—livestock raised by the Heavenly Dao itself. The mighty fall, their power recycled endlessly, and ascension? Just another sacrifice in an eternal scam. Lin Fan, cast out by his family for his worthless bones, swallows a discarded waste pill in desperation. Instead of medicine, he awakens an ancient consciousness—one severed and buried by the Heavenly Dao eons ago. Now branded a demon by the world, Lin Fan walks a forbidden path: devouring spiritual energy, devouring malevolen…