Ascending with the Spirit Gourd

Lacking natural talent and burdened with an inferior five-element mixed spiritual root, mortal scholar Chen Huai'an is ruthlessly abandoned and nearly murdered by his fiancée's family, who fear he will hold back her promising future. Left for dead at the bottom of an abyss, Huai'an is saved by a mysterious purple gourd left behind by his late father. The artifact awakens, revealing a vast, miraculous realm within. Though forced to enter the Azure Cloud Sect merely as a lowly menial disciple while his ex-fiancée reigns as the sect leader's prized direct disciple, Huai'an holds the ultimate cheat code. The gourd’s realm possesses extraordinary spiritual gathering properties—ordinary spring water transforms into potent spiritual spring water, mundane herbs grow into millennia-old miraculous medicine, and lower-grade spirit stones are refined into top-tier treasures. With endless resources at his disposal, Huai'an defies all expectations. As he rapidly breaks through the stages of cultivation—Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and ultimately shattering the void to reach the pinnacle of immortality—those who once scorned and discarded him are left watching in bitter, tearful regret.