[A Young Hero's Growth] [Strife in the Martial World] [Power and Intrigue] [The Chan-Intercept Conflict] [The Conflict Between Buddhism and Daoism]
In the Three Thousand Worlds, the Great Zhou Dynasty is a place of turbulent intrigue, like an intricate game of chess. The young Wanyan Qing, newly drawn into it, is like an innocent child who knows nothing of the game. To undergo his mortal tribulation, he strikes a deal with the enigmatic master of the Lotus Tower. Little does he know that this pact will set the wheel of fate turning, dragging him, an outsider, into the raging undercurrents of court struggles and the world of cultivation.
It turns out that, after the great calamity that deified the gods in these Three Thousand Worlds, all those who died in battle from the various great sects were placed on the Investiture of the Gods and placed under Heaven's control. Yet the conflicts between the Chan Sect, the Jie Sect, the Western Sect, and even the Human Sect remain unresolved. Though they cannot openly fight, they scheme and plot in secret. The various factions deceive one another, and political machinations sprout like thorns. Every step forward is fraught with traps and danger. This storm of infighting ruthlessly erodes the fortune of the Human Emperor, leaving the balance between humanity and Heaven on the verge of collapse, with equilibrium slipping further away.
Yet Wanyan Qing does not lose himself in the vortex of this chaotic age. After surviving trials of life and death, choices between loyalty and love, and the baptism of schemes both overt and covert, he gradually sheds his immaturity. From an innocent, inexperienced boy, he grows into a wise man who understands the dangers of the martial world and the treachery of the court. From a callow youth who entered the game alone, he transforms into a cultivator who upholds the greater good and holds fast to the righteous path amid chaos. See how, with a heart full of passion and an unyielding spirit, he navigates the chessboard of the martial world and the court, sets things right, and restores the balance between humanity and Heaven...
