In the distant East lies a mysterious continent shrouded in clouds and mist, known as the Spirit Origin Continent. Here, battle qi and magic coexist, the strong are revered, and alchemists and artifact refiners are held in the highest esteem.
In a remote frontier town on the Spirit Origin Continent lived a young man named Lin Yi. He was born with a rare constitution known as the "Ethereal Body," which made it impossible for him to cultivate any battle qi, so his clan regarded him as a good-for-nothing.
Yet Lin Yi refused to give up, convinced that one day he would break the shackles of fate. By chance, he saved a mysterious old man who had been injured. The old man was actually one of the continent's top alchemists, stranded there after an accident.
To repay Lin Yi for saving his life, the old man decided to pass on everything he had learned. Under his guidance, Lin Yi began studying alchemy and gradually discovered that his "Ethereal Body" was, in fact, an extremely rare talent for alchemy...
