Ordinary college student Lin Chen awakens a fragmentary cultivation manual, the Myriad Forms Dao Scripture, through an ancestral jade pendant. From then on, he is drawn into the conflicts of the “Mystic Realm” beneath the city: evil cultivators wreak havoc, powerful clans scheme against one another, and technology fuses with cultivation in strange and dangerous ways. Every step is fraught with peril.
From a clueless Qi Refining novice to uniting rogue cultivators in the Golden Core stage, then confronting an ancient remnant soul's plot for immortality in the Nascent Soul realm, he journeys onward alongside Su Xiaoxiao, who has a wood-type spiritual root; Chu Qinghan, of an ancient martial arts clan; Xia Wanqing, an expert in the supernatural; and Luo Li, a talisman master bearing a curse. Through campus hauntings, battles for hidden realms, and citywide showdowns, he grows from timid to dependable.
When the truth behind the depletion of spiritual veins comes to light and the technological cultivation faction sets off a war, he uses the Myriad Forms Dao Scripture as his guide and combines the strength of the four women to overcome the crisis. Even when he temporarily loses his cultivation, he still keeps the city safe.
Five years later, spiritual energy gathers again by the sea. He stands shoulder to shoulder with the four women. Their new journey has only just begun.
This is a story of growth, bonds, and protection: even an ordinary mortal can grasp the Dao and turn the world upside down.
