I worked as a nobody(slave/peasant) for a sect before stealing an immortal herb and blowing my meridians straight to foundation establishment. Then I engaged with combat with Qi condensation level cultivators till I escaped and went into hiding for 30 years to fix my meridians and establish my foundation.

Then I became nascent soul and was killed by the sects leader, until I possessed one of their juniors and ranked up through their sect and killed their sect leader and took his title.

So to say my journey was unexpected was to say the least lol.