"The Heaven-Defying Needle Immortal" Synopsis:
Situ Feng of Sunset Glow Mountain never imagined that a trip to gather herbs and save the villagers would drag him to the brink of death. A purple-gold tornado, carrying ancient runes, swallowed him whole. A searing rune appeared out of nowhere and branded his brow. When he opened his eyes again, he was in a mysterious cave covered in murals of immortals.
The appearance of a white-haired elder shattered everything he thought he knew about the world. A Marrow-Washing Pill opened his spiritual meridians, allowing him to see floating specks of spiritual energy. The stone tablet bearing the "Azure Cloud Art" concealed profound mysteries: it could guide energy into his body and let him fly through the air. There was also a gilded box engraved with the Big Dipper, which would take forty-nine days of nurturing to open.
When the long-lost medical text and Seven-Star Needles inside the box came to light, a message reading “Cultivate virtue as well as power” bound his path to immortality tightly to the act of saving lives. Three years of hard cultivation in the cramped cave gave him the confidence to venture beyond it.
He used silver needles to dispel evil and save a noble family's daughter from possession; wielded needle shadows with spiritual energy to protect the heir of a hidden medicinal valley; and, when a deadly miasma threatened to destroy the world, set up the Seven-Star Formation to draw on the power of the stars. Along the way, the demon princess's red robes were stained with blood, and human cultivators turned their blades against him. Both became trials of love that he could scarcely overcome.
When faced with a fallen immortal's roar, “Who still cultivates merit these days?” Situ Feng finally understood: the needle that saves lives can pierce the barriers of the Heavenly Dao more effectively than the sword that kills. This unexpected journey to immortality, which began with a tornado, would ultimately see him shatter the clouds with a healer's compassion.
