Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

In the Great Qing Dynasty, cultivators reign supreme from their thrones in the clouds, while ordinary mortals are treated as worthless as mud. Lu Fengnian transmigrates into the body of a destitute scholar whose life has been defined by relentless misfortune. Having failed the imperial examinations five times and suffered betrayal at the hands of his childhood sweetheart, the original host recently died under the crushing weight of despair. Now, Lu Fengnian inherits this bleak existence: he is forced into military service, his brother’s fate remains unknown, and to cover crippling taxes, he has been married off to a cripple just to keep his household from starving. Yet an ancient hunting proverb echoes in his mind—to shoot a deer is inferior to shooting its head, and to shoot a deer's head is inferior to taking a human one. Armed with this ruthless philosophy, Lu Fengnian abandons the path of literature for martial arts. Borrowing a simple bow from Widow Tian at the village entrance, he begins a meteoric ascent. From the lowest rungs of mortal society, he rises to conquer the pinnacle of the earthly realm, ultimately setting his sights on a far grander prize: using that very bow to shoot down every immortal in the heavens.