Wu Jian comes from a small clan eking out a living in the countryside. Despite being the clan heir, he is bullied for being cowardly and weak. In a world where the strength of a person's cultivation determines their lot in life, weakness is not allowed, and those who possess it are often stamped out.

But Wu Jian doesn't want to remain weak. He doesn't want to stay a coward. He wants to be strong.

Witness the rise of one young man who, with the help of his childhood friend, will face adversity, forge new bonds of love and friendship, and gain the strength needed to protect his loved ones and find meaning in his life.

It all begins here.

[Disclaimer: This is an addictive, slow-burn harem story about a hard-working protagonist who wants to get stronger for the people he loves. If you're sick and tired of reading the same old cultivation stories about OP MCs who never work for their power, this novel will give you new life. You will laugh, cry, scream kawaii, and probably curse the author every so often. Prepare for everything from slice-of-life to action/adventure to epic battles and political machinations and everything in-between!]
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More and more people began arriving each day after the first day of the preliminaries. The stands that had once been filled only with participants had now gained a much wider audience. Nobles, wealthy merchants, and a few lucky commoners had all arrived to watch. Of course, it was still just the preliminaries. More people would arrive on the last day so they could attend the first day of the actual tournament. 


It was the fifth day of the preliminaries. Hou Jingshu woke up early that morning and did one hour of stretching and meditation before meeting up with everyone else for breakfast. She didn’t eat a whole lot. Zhou Lihua teased her, asking if she was nervous, but that wasn’t the case. Hou Jingshu was simply too excited to eat. She would finally get to help her father achieve one of his lifelong dreams. 


Shang Kingdom National Tournament Preliminaries, Part VIII