Qing Fengzi, the ninety-ninth-generation leader of the Maoshan Sect, descends the mountain. His journey begins with a Yin Formation in a small village. Together with Daoxi, he breaks the Five Ghosts Gathering Yin Formation, encounters a young child, names him Feng Tong, reads his fate, takes him as his first disciple as leader of Maoshan, and teaches him Taoist arts. Qing Fengzi travels through Jiangnan and meets Xiao Yuyang, who has a spiritual root suited to cultivation. He takes him as a private disciple. He sends the two young men down the mountain to temper themselves. They enter the Taoist Tournament and battle the Ghost King! At Mount Longhu, they duel with magic and both advance to Celestial Masters! Qing Fengzi attains enlightenment at the Panlong Taoist Grounds, comprehends the secrets of the Great Dao, and sees an impending catastrophe in a dream. He appoints Feng Tong as the hundredth-generation leader, then sacrifices himself to set his plan in motion. Yuyang is framed, and Feng Tong, now sect leader, expels him from Maoshan, turning a cultivator with a spiritual root into an outcast of the sect. Yuyang swears to find the culprit. Daoxi emerges from seclusion, learns of Qing Fengzi’s death, and descends the mountain to investigate in secret. At last, he discovers suspicious clues and secretly protects Yuyang. Yuyang defeats the Soul-Summoning Banner and claims the Demon-Revealing Mirror. At the great Taoist gathering, he battles Feng Tong but is defeated and forced to flee. Daoxi appears, and Yuyang is branded with the profound mark! Liu Bowen’s Heavenly Book appears in the world, and a great battle with the Ghost Emperor begins! Daoxi returns to the mountain and learns that Qing Fengzi is still alive: he has put Yuyang through every hardship in the world to temper him. Then, after sneaking out by night to steal the Seven Star Sword, Dragon Treasure, he helps Yuyang obtain the Heavenly Book. Yuyang comprehends the Eight Trigrams and the two forms of life! He returns to the mountain to fight Feng Tong again, and Feng Tong is defeated. Qing Fengzi appears! The brothers finally speak openly. Was Yuyang’s path always destined to unfold this way? A celestial phenomenon appears, and catastrophe descends. The four great zombie progenitors join forces with the Ghost Emperor to invade the mortal world, laying waste to all life. The nine provinces and countless lands Yuyang has traveled turn out to be places where Qing Fengzi used his spiritual root to awaken the dragon veins of Huaxia! Taoist sects across the land join forces to face the calamity. Maoshan’s spiritual energy flows into the formation’s central point in the nine provinces. Qing Fengzi and Feng Tong sacrifice themselves together to activate the formation! Drawing on the spiritual energy of the nine provinces, Yuyang battles the Ghost Emperor and the four progenitors!
