The young Lin Feng receives an ancient alchemy formula in the mountains and gains insight into the Heavenly Way through labor and quiet cultivation. When evil spirits come watching and worldly troubles arise, he meets the physician Su Yuqing, and the two join forces to explore the wondrous arts. After enduring the alchemical trials of Zi and Wu and tempering his spirit with water and fire, he finally breaks free of the constraints of body and mind and achieves a flawless true form. In the natural world of myriad phenomena, he sees the source of all things, returns to perfect reality, and attains the Great Way of Nature.
