The Art of the Supreme One

With his left hand, he saves lives. With his right, he takes them: the Butcher Sage of Medicine.

Yuxuan saves a military commander at the tomb of his father, Long Chang, and treats the man’s injuries with a silver-needle technique from the Taiyi Canon, personally taught to him by the leader of the Gu Sect, known in the martial world as the “Ghost Doctor.” Thanks to the commander’s recommendation, Lao Yu of the provincial anti-narcotics brigade recruits him into the Lone Wolf unit. While carrying out a mission overseas, Yuxuan happens to rescue Klabov, the daughter of an oil tycoon. During a mission on the high seas, bandits blow up their ship, and Yuxuan is killed. His beloved girlfriend, Xia Fei, heartbroken by his death, accepts the advances of a new suitor. Fortunately, Yuxuan and Chen Yiyi, a popular singer who was taken hostage, survive by sheer luck. After drifting to Huangyan Island, he happens upon a mastery of lightning. Guo Jianji rescues him and gives him the identity of his adopted son, Shi Junhao, so he can help manage Jianji Group and expand its domestic market. Yuxuan also builds his own Qingyi Gang and the Ancient Dian Group, then joins forces with the National Security Bureau to uproot the drug cartel plaguing southern Yunnan. Later, he heads to the capital, where he and his twin brother, Xuanmen Mingxuan, stir up a storm. While the Ghost Doctor investigates Zhuge’s tomb, he gives Yuxuan the complete Taiyi Canon, passed down from Li Jin of the Three Kingdoms period, for him to practice. Yuxuan earns the martial world’s extreme titles of “Sage of Medicine” and “Butcher.” After securing the position of head of the Long family of Zhaoyang, he backs Long Xue of the capital as the new family head. Together, they narrowly defeat Murong Yu of the Wisdom Sect, who murdered his mother. When he tries to retire from the martial world, he is driven into a desperate corner and comes to a realization: One flash of lightning, snow across a thousand mountains; follow the light and enter the Dao...