Beggar at the Start, Invincible Through Term Fusion

In the twilight years of the Great Qian Dynasty, demons and monsters ravage a world in chaos. Within this realm, three thousand orthodox paths and eight hundred heterodox arts coexist alongside countless trades and philosophies. Any profession, when mastered to its absolute zenith, can elevate its practitioner to the rank of Profession Official. A soldier may become an entire army, a teacher can enlighten all creation, and even those in the lowest social classes can ascend to wield heaven-devouring power. Transmigrating into this turbulent era as a humble beggar sheltering in a City God Temple, Fang Xiu awakens the Book of Myriad Paths and begins his arduous journey toward immortality from the very bottom of society. Through the unique ability to fuse professional terms, Fang Xiu transforms lowly identities into supreme powers. Combining Beggar and Fortune Teller yields the Fate-Stealing Mystic, who commands fortune when it arrives and seizes freedom when it departs. Merging Butcher and Executioner creates the Human Slaughterer, for whom killing one is a crime but slaughtering ten thousand makes a hero among heroes. Fusing Martial Man and Strongman produces the True Warrior, whose mortal shell breaks through barriers to shake mountains and shatter city walls. Uniting Alchemist and Qi Refiner births the Cultivator, who realizes upon consuming the Golden Elixir that destiny is self-determined rather than decreed by heaven. With myriad paths converging upon his body, to behold Fang Xiu is to gaze upon a deity. Years later, looking upon his fully maximized title of Dao Ancestor, he smiles with quiet confidence. To those who have not entered the Dao, he is as distant as the moon reflected in a well; to those who walk the path, he is as vast and unreachable as the boundless blue sky seen by a speck of dust.