Tomb Exploration in the Underground Palace: The Labyrinthine City of Nine Dragons

Chen Mantang was born in the final years of the Republic of China. He was fated to suffer the Five Disadvantages and Three Deficiencies and become a Zhenling Immortal, otherwise known as the legendary village guardian. From childhood, he studied Taoist arts under the carefree Daoist, but he had to leave the village before turning twenty-five. Otherwise, the calamity written in his fate would keep him from living to thirty.

Many years ago, Chen Mantang’s master left a note with a merchant surnamed Tang in Fengtian. It said that if the Tang family ever got into trouble, they could go to Chenjiagou, eight hundred li beyond Fengtian, and ask Chen Mantang to leave the village and help them.

At the age of twenty-four, Chen Mantang left his mountain village. After a series of adventures and tomb explorations, he finally overcame the calamity hanging over him.