The Broken Path

The Broken Path Book 1

Lian Soh, an orphan servant in the Jade Peak Sect, discovers a shattered jade slip with fragments of an ancient forbidden cultivation technique. The technique deliberately breaks his meridians to rebuild them stronger — excruciatingly painful and mistaken for demonic corruption. With help from alchemist Mei Xiang, he hides his cultivation while scrubbing floors. But when a confrontation reveals his impossible qi signature, the sect's head of discipline begins investigating.