His grandmother died because of him, the family spirit demanded his life in repayment, and his family threw him out, all because he was fated to be a lone star of ill omen, the source of every misfortune in the family. Yet this supposedly cursed fate was actually an ancient Dao seed. Taken in by a blind old Daoist, he becomes a young Taoist priest for the modern age. He reads fortunes and draws talismans, cultivates himself and makes pills, performs rituals and dispels evil, beginning a modern life of Daoist cultivation. His grandmother always said, “Everything is fate, and nothing is in our hands.” But even if all things are fated, I will still turn the tides with the Dao.
