In the turbulent final years of the Qing dynasty, the charming and carefree feng shui prodigy Ji Xuanyuan returns to the capital with his ancestral compass, only to stumble upon the “Dragon-Cutting Formation” at Empress Dowager Cixi’s mausoleum. Able to read life and death in the stars and measure a dynasty’s rise and fall through the earth’s veins, this extraordinary man must outwit the sinister sorcerers of the Miexing Sect while navigating the allure of the Qinhuai River and the imperial aura of the Forbidden City.
From the secret sunken tomb veins beneath Taihu Lake in Suzhou to the baleful aura of ghost soldiers in the underground palace of the Qinling Mountains, he uses the “Flying Stars Dragon-Seeking Art” to break deadly formations of countless corpses and the “Qingwu Secret Arts” to reverse the fate of a dynasty. When baleful stars taint the throne of Emperor Guangxu and the ancestral tombs of Changbai Mountain send a mournful tremor through the earth, Ji Xuanyuan finally understands: feng shui is not about seizing the workings of heaven and earth, but about protecting the chance for all people to live.
This is a hidden history of dynasties concealed in the needle of a compass. Watch a rakish sorcerer shape the world with a three-foot blade and revive the dragon veins with his burning passion.
