Starting Immortality at Forty and Stealing the Junior's Golden Finger

Chen Wen, a ninth-rank martial arts grandmaster, believed he had already reached the pinnacle of this world until the day three figures hovered in midair, making him realize that immortals truly existed here. At the age of forty, he was tested and found to possess four-element false spiritual roots. An immortal gave him a chance: step into the mid-stage Qi Condensation before turning fifty, or be accepted into the Qinglan Sect; if he failed, his path to immortality would be severed for this lifetime. Living as a rogue cultivator in Baiya Market and believing his immortal path was hopeless, he accidentally crossed paths with a mortal harboring a supreme treasure. Disguise, poisoning, a fatal strike, and burning the corpse to scatter the ashes—the mysterious bronze mirror capable of turning waste talismans into genuine ones thus changed hands. Relying on this supreme treasure, Chen Wen step-by-step advanced through Qi Condensation, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul. His journey appeared smooth and cautious at every turn, but only he knew that for a mortal cultivating immortality, steady persistence was everything.