Introduction: The Cursed RootBorn with a shattered dantian, Jiang Hao was destined to be nothing more than a mortal in a world where strength ruled. Scorned by his village, rejected by sects, and abandoned by fate itself, his future seemed set in stone鈥攗ntil the night he stumbled upon the ancient shrine hidden deep within the misty valley.When an ominous power stirs within him, Jiang Hao finds himself walking a path no cultivator has ever dared to tread. Neither righteous nor demonic, his cultivation defies the heavens themselves. Hunted by sects, feared by emperors, and pursued by an unknown force whispering in his soul, he must carve his own destiny with blood and will.In a world where the strong reign supreme, will the forsaken rise鈥攐r will the curse that haunts him consume him first?...