Li Yin, an unambitious prince, is dragged into the struggle for the throne and exposes Chancellor Zhao Yuanhui’s plot to steal the nation’s fortune with the “Heaven-Stealing Formation.” Zhao burns memorials to gather the resentment of the people as fuel, then consumes the dragon vein’s earth energy as kindling, causing three princes to die suddenly and earthquakes to rock the capital. With the help of Daoist physician Yun Shu, Li Yin reverses the evil formation and kills the traitor Zhao, only to face a desperate situation: the dragon vein is withering, and the land is on the brink of collapse. The two draw on the life force of Kunlun Ruins to restore the earth veins, and Yun Shu uses herself as fuel to serve as the catalyst for the “Mountains and Rivers Forever Strong” formation. Li Yin returns to the capital with the surviving Black Armor Guards, ruthlessly purges the court, and moves the capital to Tianqi City. Using the earth vein’s primordial embryo as the foundation of a new dynasty, he ushers in the prosperous Yongchu era. Yet beneath the calm, dark currents are stirring...
