The cold wind howled through the mountains, carrying the scent of damp earth and pine. Within the outer sect of the Heavenly Origin Sect, a lone figure lay motionless on the ground. His robes were torn, blood trickling from the corner of his lips.

The disciples around him sneered.

"Lin Xuan, the so-called prodigy, has fallen this low?" One of them scoffed, wiping his knuckles. "I thought you were supposed to be a genius! What happened?"

Lin Xuan groaned, his body aching from the beating. He wasn't unfamiliar with pain—he had endured it countless times since awakening in this world.

A transmigrator. That’s what he was. In his past life, he had been an ordinary scholar, buried under books and responsibilities. Then, one day, he woke up in the body of Lin Xuan, a once-renowned genius of the Lin Clan—now reduced to a cripple. His cultivation had been destroyed, his family betrayed, and he was cast out to this outer sect like trash.

"Give up, Lin Xuan," another disciple sneered. "Without cultivation, you're nothing. Just leave before you embarrass yourself further."

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Laughter erupted around him as the disciples walked away, leaving him alone under the cold, indifferent sky.

Lin Xuan coughed, struggling to sit up. His fists clenched, his eyes burning with determination.

"I refuse to be weak. I refuse to be a stepping stone."

Just as he was about to drag himself back to his small, rundown hut, something unexpected happened.

A sharp pain pierced his mind, and his vision blurred. Symbols—countless ancient runes—flashed before his eyes. His soul trembled as a mysterious golden book materialized in his consciousness.

[Heavenly Script Detected.]

[Initiating Assimilation…]

Lin Xuan's breath hitched as knowledge flooded into him. His body trembled, his very soul resonating with the divine power of the script. The golden pages turned on their own, revealing secrets lost to the heavens.

[Cultivation Path Restored.]

[New Path: Heavenly Scholar’s Ascension.]

In that moment, Lin Xuan understood—he had awakened something beyond mortal comprehension. The Heavenly Script, a divine artifact capable of deciphering and enhancing any cultivation technique, had chosen him as its wielder.

He slowly got up, a newfound light in his eyes.

"This is only the beginning."