Wang Ling's attempt to stay low-key is challenged during a student council election.

Sixteen-year-old Wang Ling enters high school after having accidentally defeated the Giant Frog (Tuntian-ha) as a child. He encounters school beauty Sun Rong and tries to maintain a low spiritual power score of "5" to avoid attention.

Wang Ling and He Bufeng are abducted by the Shadow Faction just before a major sword competition. Note: A revised 28-minute version of this episode exists, sometimes labeled as E16, which alters certain battle scenes and backstories.

The students learn about basic alchemy and pill cultivation.

The narrative introduces the Shadow Stream faction, an assassin group that becomes a major recurring threat.

In Season 1 of The Daily Life of the Immortal King , the story introduces , a cultivation prodigy who attempts to live a quiet high school life despite possessing world-ending powers. Season 1 consists of 15 episodes (with some platforms listing 16 due to a "redo" version of episode 10). Season 1 Episode Guide

The season finale arc involves a tragic "accident" that pushes Wang Ling to his emotional limits, forcing him to consider rewriting reality to save his friends.