Chronicles of the Bandit Suppression

During the Jiajing reign of the Ming Dynasty, the empire faces internal troubles and external threats. At court, the emperor and his ministers each harbor their own schemes; in the martial world, cultivators of the Dao conceal themselves to practice. Along the coast, Japanese pirates wreak havoc, leaving the people in misery. Lin Zhao'en, a scholar from Puyang, presses forward through the troubled times on the path of resisting the pirates and cultivating immortality.