Through the Wilds of Shanhai, They Said Martial Arts Were Useless

Legends whisper of the Yu Dynasty—established by Yu Shun—an era before the Xia, where humanity claws out a meager existence amid the mythical beasts of the Shanhai realm. In Year One of the Yu calendar, survival is a daily war. Li Yang, a martial arts master of the highest national caliber from his previous life, is thrust into this ancient world by a twist of fate. In a remote border town, the young man awakens his ninth divine ability—[Martial Extreme]. While others dismiss unknown abilities as mediocrity, claim the human body can never match a beast, and scoff at close-combat powers as worthless, Li Yang quietly cultivates. He evolves techniques from his past life—Beiming Divine Art into Guixu Profound Art, Yijin Jing into Marrow Cleansing Sutra, and beyond—drawing upon millennia of Chinese martial heritage that finally finds its true stage in this primal age. No sorcery. No borrowed power. Only a sword, a fist, and the fire of conviction. When the monstrous hordes of Shanhai surge forth, the boy draws the blade that has accompanied him across two lifetimes. "This life, I will shatter the gates of the transcendent. This sword, I will cleave a path for mankind." Years later, Li Yang stands at the head of countless human warriors. Beneath his feet lie the corpses of countless beasts—and a grand road never before trodden, leading toward millennia of human glory.