[Lots of foreshadowing + no mindless plot + high-fantasy, high-powered xianxia; read with caution]
A poor boy from a small town dreams of leaving to find the burial place of his parents, who died beyond its borders, but he cannot get out.
In truth, the boy has long been a piece on someone else's board.
Only when the sixty-year pact arrives and outsiders flood into town does he learn what it means to be a mountain immortal, a qi cultivator, and a martial artist.
Until the day the boy signs a pact with a fairy maiden.
“The Immortal Realm is shattered, and its grand edifice is on the verge of collapse. Today's suffering will give way to tomorrow's peace. We join hands in a pact, sharing life and death. I, Wang Liang, have a sword that can split the earth, open the heavens, and command the celestial court. Let the sword rise.”
And so the boy leaves the town with his sword...
