Because he possesses only an ordinary spiritual root, Lin Yuanyang has become the most insignificant failure in the world of immortal cultivation. His two childhood friends, however, are coveted by sects for their extraordinary talents, while he alone is turned away. At the brink of despair, the Hongmeng System awakens. He gives up the chance to become a Great Emperor overnight and instead chooses the long road of steadily advancing one realm each year. Without his childhood friend's plea, he would not even have been allowed into the Scripture Pavilion as a menial disciple. Yet a mortal's true cultivation has only just begun. The mysterious soul hidden within his childhood friend, the Wood God concealed within Haozi, and the true identity of his own mother gradually come to light.