The Toll-Road to Immortality (Xianxia)

It takes more than just talent to reach the heavens. More than just an accident of birth or a flash of fortune. It is a long, arduous journey that comes with many costs. It takes determination. Will. A strive to improve and overcome. ...and a little bit of help in the form of a miraculous artifact offering guidance, purpose, and treasures beyond mortal comprehension certainly goes a long way. When you’re an orphan street rat with no money, no family, and nothing but hunger and death in your future, you don’t question miracles. Calvin certainly didn’t question his. And suddenly, his future didn