The Enduring Scion: A Bastard's Path of Vengeance

In a world where every transmigrator receives a system to dominate at will, Lin Zhou's system is nothing but a cage. Cursed with the Absolute Null Spirit Root, the mere act of absorbing spiritual energy sears his meridians with agonizing pain. His only path to strength lies in enduring humiliation and accumulating regret points—yet the moment he dares to strike back, his life's savings of power vanish to zero. To make matters worse, suppressing his rage for too long breeds inner demons that corrode his very foundation. Reborn after a tragic death, Lin Zhou carries the blood-soaked memories of his previous life: betrayal at the hands of his legitimate cousin who once called him brother, the sacrificial murder of his beloved, and his own grisly end—meridians shattered, plummeting into an abyss. Now his enemies sit atop the clan hierarchy, while petty stewards curry favor with the powerful, seizing his spirit rice, subjecting him to beatings, and piling on endless humiliations. The Lin clan's iron laws shackle him further: any act of defiance means broken limbs and banishment to the mines. Trapped within and without, Lin Zhou hides the raging storm in his eyes and bows his head to every indignity. The world mocks him as a coward and a failure, never suspecting that every retreat, every silent surrender, quietly amasses the power to overturn everything. Let them bind him in chains. After a thousand days of endurance, when his strength reaches its peak, he will shatter every restraint, settle every blood debt, and make every soul who trampled him pay an irrevocable price.