Surviving as a Martial Saint: Beginning with the Mountain-Shattering Fist

One reaps what one sows! Diligence is rewarded by man, and heaven makes up for deficiencies! Duan Xuan transmigrated into a high-martial world above martial arts, where demons run rampant, and human lives are as insignificant as ants and grass. He became the son of a poor hunter in Snake Head Gully, deep in the Hundred Thousand Mountains on the northwest border. His hunter father was conscripted by the imperial court to enter the deep mountains to hunt demon beasts and collect demon cores. Three years have passed and he has yet to return. Left with only his crippled mother, Duan Xuan struggles to survive in the chaotic world. Mountain bandits cause chaos, and gangs control the vital lifelines of the gully. "Mountain Lord Incense," "Mountain God Sacrifices," "Driving Away Mountain Ghosts" – countless exploitative means leave mother and son in unbearable misery, with starvation looming. But fortunately, a text only he can see appears in Duan Xuan's mind.

[Destiny: Diligence is rewarded by man – you shall gain. Heaven makes up for deficiencies – you shall achieve.]

Duan Xuan understood, no matter what skill...