Cultivating Immortality :I Obtained The Villain's Ascension Code

Intheworldofcultivation,countlesstalesfollowrighteousprotagonists,fatedheroesblessedbydestiny,orthosechosenbyheaventowalkthepathofimmortality.Butwhatofthosewhostandintheirway?Whatofthevillains?Theso-calledobstaclestothehero’sjourney—dotheynotbleed,dream,andstruggleaswell?XiaoNingwasnevermeanttosucceed.Fromtheverybeginning,theGrandDaowovehimasasteppingstone—anecessarysacrificetoelevateanother.Hispath,likethatofalldesignated‘villains,’wasdoomedtofailurebydesign.Butwhathappenswhenthatdesignisdefied?Afterdeath,XiaoNingawakens—notinthecycleofreincarnation,butinthecoldsilencebeyondit.There,heisofferedtheEternalParadoxCodex—aforbiddenartifactcontainingthehiddentruthsoftheGrandDaoSystemitself.Rules.Loopholes.Vulnerabilities.Knowledgenotmeantforthoselikehim.Withthispower,XiaoNingisgrantedasingle,impossiblechoice:acceptoblivion,orstepoutsidetheGrandDaoentirely—toabandonfate,severkarma,andcultivateapathunboundbyheavenorlaw.ItisXiaoNing’sjourney,fromashestosomethingbeyondcomprehension.NottobecomeanImmortalamongmen.Butsomethingeventheheavensdarenotbind.Iffateisachain…Thenlethimforgehisownpathinthevoidbeyond.Welcometothishumbletale.Thecultivationworldisvastandunkind.Letusbeginagain—onourterms.