Deep Roots, Eternal Branches: The Bodhi Patriarch
Transmigrating into a freezing, impoverished mountain village, Li Changsheng woke up in the body of a sickly hunter with a heavily pregnant wife. In a harsh world where taxes crush the poor, local gangs exploit the weak, and high-and-mighty Immortals treat mortals like livestock, simply surviving the winter seemed like an impossible task.
But on the night his first son is born, a dormant stone bead in his heart awakens, revealing an inner pocket dimension containing a withered Bloodline Bodhi Tree.
The rule of the tree is simple: as his bloodline expands and thrives, the tree grows. By secretly blessing his descendants, the Bodhi Tree bears miraculous fruits—granting him lost martial arts, profound medical knowledge, and eventually, the elusive methods of Immortal Cultivation. Furthermore, the soil in his heart can accelerate the growth of wild herbs into priceless spiritual plants.
However, Li Changsheng is no arrogant fool. He knows that in a brutal world, sudden wealth and flashy power only lead to extermination. To protect his kind-hearted wife and his growing children, he adopts a singular philosophy: Be the unseen root, let the children be the iron branches.
Outwardly, Li Changsheng remains the most ordinary, agreeable, and cowardly farmer in Ping'an County. He smiles apologetically at corrupt officials, never argues with neighbors, and allows his children to marry purely for love, welcoming poor village girls and penniless scholars into his home with open arms.
But when a corrupt landlord schemes for his family's land, or a rogue cultivator targets his children... the cowardly farmer slips out into the dead of night. With ruthless, calculated precision and terrifying hidden strength, he erases the threats without leaving a single trace, returning to his warm bed before dawn.
As decades turn into centuries, the mortal world watches in awe as the Li children become powerful generals, wealthy merchants, and unparalleled martial masters. What they don't know is that behind this "lucky" mortal family lies a Patriarch who is silently upgrading his spiritual roots, brewing immortal pills in his heart, and preparing to elevate his entire bloodline to the heavens.
This is the story of a cautious father, an unshakeable family, and a clan that grew from the freezing mud to overshadow the Immortal Heavens.