In an age when the world’s spiritual energy is fading, the art of alchemy has fallen into decline. Lin Yuan, a poor young man, witnesses the annihilation of his family before unexpectedly awakening the Time-Tracing Alchemist’s Eye, which can peer across time and space. He also obtains the supreme treasure of the ancient Star Palace, the Celestial Star Compass. From then on, he conquers the ninefold Star Vault, refining the stars into pills. He proves the Dao through alchemy and breaks through the heavens with the Dao. When the truth is revealed, he stands with sword in hand, with the burning witch villages of the Southern Frontier, the shattered life-lamps of the Big Dipper, and the supreme divine throne at the edge of the ninefold star domains behind him...
