Strongest Devouring Bloodline

Ning Gao, once the pride of the Ning family, has fallen from grace after his father’s mysterious disappearance.    Burdened with a first-level talent, the lowest in a world driven by cultivation, Mocked by his peers and reduced to a menial life, his frustrations grow as the years pass without a breakthrough.  
But when a deadly rival threatens his life, Ning stumbles upon the legendary Taotie Blood Scripture, a forbidden artifact that absorbs the life essence of all living beings.   
Will Ning rise from the ashes to forge the strongest bloodline and reclaim his honor, or will he fall deeper into despair?