At the dawn of creation, the core of the laws coalesced from chaos. Whoever commands it can rewrite the order of time across the Three Realms, but every use brings karmic backlash. Every five thousand years, an apocalyptic calamity descends upon the world in three alternating disasters: heavenly fire that burns the world, weak waters that swallow the land, and astral winds that shatter souls. Only the Law of Time can delay them. A secret organization founded by ancient mighty beings possesses the art of reincarnation, but a thousand years ago, it touched the forbidden realm of time and was erased from existence by the Heavenly Dao.
Before facing his eighth rogue immortal tribulation, Li Xuange, a seventh-tribulation rogue immortal, discovers an ancient divine phoenix bloodline hidden within him. This unexpectedly awakens the Law of Time, allowing him to glimpse a prophecy of the Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation that will destroy the world. While seeking the ruins of Kunlun, he is attacked by a mysterious black-robed figure and obtains a bronze compass engraved with the words "Borrow Five Thousand More Years from Heaven." This awakens the legacy of the Longevity Hall, dormant for a thousand years. He allies with the demon clan's saintess, who commands the Law of Space, and discovers traces of tampering with the Law of Time while solving the mysteries of the Nine Luminaries Star Palace. The heavenly tribulation is coming three hundred years early. In the depths of the Gui Xu Sea's Abyssal Eye, he confronts the avatar of the Heavenly Dao and exposes the truth: the so-called heavenly tribulation is a plot by the Heavenly Dao to devour the world's origin. The Law of Time is, in fact, the final shackle left behind by the first generation of guardians. Using five thousand years to reforge the Wheel of Time, he bears the destiny of the Three Realms in a divine phoenix reborn from the ashes and faces the Heavenly Dao in a final battle at the end of the river of time.
