As spiritual qi revives on Earth and the glow of technology blankets the land, the legends of ancient divine beasts have become dust in yellowed old books. No one knows that the Dragon Vein of Huaxia, dormant for a century, awaits the call that will awaken it.
Lin Chen, a boy from Qingshi Village, grew up surrounded by mountains, befriending plants and trees and living alongside the wild. He never imagined that his veins carried the immortal inheritance of the Human Emperor of ages past. The tide of spiritual qi revival sweeps across the globe. A sleeping qilin shatters the mountainside; a frozen phoenix is reborn in flames. Beasts from East and West tear through the steel forests of the cities, while hidden cultivation sects such as Kunlun and Shu Mountain, secluded for millennia, enter the world with their immortal arts. The world order is thrown into upheaval.
At the moment of crisis, the Human Emperor’s bloodline awakens within Lin Chen, forging a fated bond with Huaxia’s divine beasts. Bai Ze offers wisdom, the Azure Dragon bows its head, and Taotie subdues evil... The boy of the mountains transforms into the sovereign of all living beings. With the power of the Human Emperor, he gathers auspicious forces and sweeps away evil with supreme techniques. The aloof Holy Maiden of Kunlun breaks her vows for him, while the valiant captain of the official Spirit-Beast Corps fights by his side. The Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox, descendants of Yaochi, and other stunning women are drawn to him by his strength and sense of responsibility.
When Western dragons seek to claim Huaxia’s ley lines, Japan’s hundred demons covet the fortune of Shenzhou, and the ancient fiend Hundun awakens to destroy heaven and earth, Lin Chen raises the Human Emperor’s battle standard and leads the alliance of divine beasts and countless cultivators into battle against the sky atop the Great Wall, and subdues the four seas along the banks of the Yellow River. He kindles the sacred flame of civilization with the soul of humanity, allowing Huaxia’s cultivation tradition to shine brilliantly in a new era. He proclaims to the world: “This realm is the domain Huaxia protects. All living beings shall heed the Human Emperor’s command.”
This is the passionate legend of a young hero’s rise, where Eastern mythology collides with the modern city.
