The Martial Saint Started from Scavenging

Thrust into a fractured world of warring sects and roaming demons, Ye Sheng awakens as the lowest of the low—an unregistered outcast with no land and no rights. While martial artists guard the fortified cities and powerful factions claim the sacred mountains, those without papers drift like duckweed on a river, their fates left to chance. Huddled in a drafty shack with his sickly younger brother, Ye Sheng survives by scavenging refuse along the riverbanks and chopping firewood just to afford rice. Yet he carries a hidden advantage: a mysterious system that transforms every mundane action into a cultivable skill. Scavenging, reading, and stance training all evolve into tangible abilities, each offering a stepping stone toward a greater path. Through scavenging, he learns to sift faint traces of spiritual energy from filth, piecing together fragmented martial techniques. Through grueling nighttime practice in his freezing hut, he tempers his qi and blood, laying the foundation for true transcendence. As chaos descends, demonic forces surge, and rival sects plunge the realm into bloody war. With no allies and no safety, Ye Sheng must rely solely on his relentless perseverance. Step by step, he climbs from the gutters of society, forging an unbreakable path toward becoming a Martial Saint.