I am the only one in the whole sect who cannot fly

In this world, every monk can fly—except Chen Yan. On the day of the entrance examination, while the others crossed the mountain on swords, he drove a donkey cart up an abandoned post road and walked through the gates of the fairy sect on foot. Everyone said his earth-suppressing spiritual root was useless. It was only after a landslide that Chen Yan realized he wasn’t disabled—his power simply had to be connected to the earth. He could draw on the strength of mountains and rivers to steady bridges, reinforce veins, and overcome stronger opponents, but each use incurred a “land debt” that he had to repay with his own hands. If the debt went unpaid past its deadline, his flesh would slowly turn to stone. As Chen Yan and a group of overlooked classmates built a mountain road and saved the sect, he began to see a larger truth: the floating platforms, the flying swords, and even the ascension everyone longed for were all leaving the price to be paid by the mountains and rivers below. And so, the boy who could never fly decided to bring the lofty immortals back down to earth—and settle every debt owed to the world, one by one.