The Marrow Eater's Ascent

Synopsis

Shen Yao was born with meridians that reject heavenly qi like poison. While his sect brothers ascend through orthodox cultivation, he scrubs their chamber pots and buries their failures. But when a dying heretic whispers the forbidden art of Marrow Cultivation—power drawn from devouring bone—Shen Yao faces an impossible choice. The technique is considered demonic, its practitioners hunted to extinction three dynasties ago. Yet it's the only path that doesn't require meridians at all. As his body transforms with each bone consumed, growing stronger and stranger, Shen Yao must hide his ascent from those who would kill him for it. But can you truly cultivate in secret when your power literally reshapes your skeleton? And what happens when the sect discovers their weakest servant has become something they can no longer recognize?