Young Ling Chen was born in Luoxia Town and lived with his grandfather. Their quiet life changed forever after a disaster in the mountains. When he accidentally activated the bronze pendant his parents had left him, the Xuantian Pendant, he was transported into the Xuanhuang Herb Garden, a small world within a world. There, the artifact spirit, Old Garden Keeper, guided him onto the path of cultivation. Born with a mysterious bloodline and an ancient spiritual treasure, he began at the initial Qi Refining stage, cultivating in secret in a small town of the mortal realm where spiritual energy was scarce. He used spiritual spring water to ease his grandfather's cold poison, and revealed his strength in a crisis, attracting the covetous attention of local powers.
To pursue the Great Dao and find medicine to save his family, Ling Chen left his homeland and entered the treacherous world of cultivation. At the Qingyun Sect, he started as an outer-sect servant, had one extraordinary encounter after another in secret realms, and tempered his Daoist heart amid clashes between the righteous and the wicked. Gradually, he uncovered the secrets of the Xuantian Pendant and his own origins, which were entangled with the inheritance of an ancient Immortal Venerable, feuds between reclusive clans, and even the ultimate truth of the Xuanzhou world. From the mortal realm to the Immortal Realm, Ling Chen forged ahead with an unwavering Daoist heart. With his golden finger and his own hard work, he broke through one level after another, growing from a boy lost in the dust into a master of the Great Dao who commanded the immortal path and held the universe in his grasp, writing a legend that spanned the mortal world and the immortal domains.
This is a story of growth, protection, and the pursuit of truth. It has the thrills of exploring secret realms, the human struggles behind choices of the Daoist heart, and the passion and turmoil of an ordinary mortal defying fate to ascend the immortal path.
