Lu Ye transmigrated into a chaotic martial arts era where warlords divided territories, feudal lords warred constantly, and evil spirits plagued the world. He joined the Scarlet Cloud Sect in Xuanzhou as a menial disciple after barely passing the inspection. Because he had no silver to bribe, he was assigned to guard the Library Pavilion, a quiet post with no profit. Upon transmigration, he brought the Myriad Dao Pavilion in his mind, a golden finger that could produce pills, cultivation methods, martial skills, talismans, and talents every ten days. Relying on this and the Star Ancient Scripture obtained from it, he advanced to Condensing Source Layer Four in two months. To avoid drawing attention, he used the concealment function to display only Layer One.The sect master, the Scarlet Cloud Fairy, came to the Library Pavilion to research the Black Tide Forbidden Land. Noticing Lu Ye, she decided to send him for a marriage alliance with the Jiang family of Cloud Leaf City, an innate family, in exchange for a gift she needed. Lu Ye was abruptly promoted to inner disciple and ordered to marry the eldest miss of the Jiang family, Jiang Qingge, who was beautiful but unable to cultivate. Lu Ye protested but was overruled. He traveled to Cloud Leaf City, and the Jiang family quickly held the wedding.During the wedding banquet, Jiang Lianshan, the Jiang patriarch, learned from a drunken inner disciple of the Scarlet Cloud Sect that Lu Ye was actually a menial disciple forcibly promoted to inner disciple. He was enraged, realizing the Scarlet Cloud Sect had accepted his generous gift but sent a worthless fake. However, canceling the marriage would offend the sect and endanger the Jiang family, whose ancestor was critically injured after failing a breakthrough. Jiang Qingge, who had resigned herself to marry a promising inner disciple, was devastated upon learning the truth. After the wedding night was interrupted by her sister Jiang Lingyue, she returned and ordered Lu Ye to leave her room with disgust, saying he had no right to propose dissolving the marriage.Lu Ye was sent to the remote servants’ quarters in Zone C of the Jiang residence. He accepted calmly, knowing his strength would come with time. He began cultivating the Star Ancient Scripture, controlling the energy absorption to avoid notice. A maid named Qing Yu was assigned to him, and he accepted her service after she pleaded. When she tried to get food from the kitchen, she received only servant rations, indicating the Jiang family had ordered his food to be downgraded. Lu Ye noted the treatment but focused on cultivation.Jiang Lingyue, the younger sister, showed some sympathy and arranged his accommodation. She was a talented cultivator at Condensing Source Fifth Layer and was being recommended to the Wuxiang Sect as a true disciple. The Jiang family planned to have her become an innate expert to later discard Lu Ye. Jiang Qingge was disgusted by her marriage to a menial, but Lu Ye remained indifferent, convinced that when he reached the martial summit, a mere Jiang Qingge would be nothing. He secretly cultivated his Star Ancient Scripture, aiming for the innate realm to change his fate. The story sets up his rise from a despised fake husband to a powerful figure, with conflicts with the Jiang family and the overarching goal of proving his worth and achieving supremacy in the martial world. Lu Ye continued his cultivation in solitude, biding his time for eventual strength.
