For three years, he has endured humiliation. At the second level of Qi Refining, he is the Qingyun Sect's well-known good-for-nothing. A wisp of a remnant soul, an ancient master hidden within a piece of jade, becomes the only glimmer of hope in his desperate plight.
Lin Fan bears a "low-grade, mixed-element" spiritual root. Bullied at every turn in the outer sect, with no hope of advancing his cultivation and his younger sister suffering from a strange illness, he is pushed to the brink. After a deadly frame-up, he is thrown into the Abyss, where he accidentally awakens a remnant soul inside his family's heirloom jade: the ancient powerhouse, Ancestor Xinghe.
With a single remark, the ancestor reveals the truth: Lin Fan is no good-for-nothing, but the bearer of a Hidden Star Spiritual Root, unseen once in ten thousand years! Only the long-lost Nine Revolutions Star Manual can draw starlight into his body and reveal his true talent!
From that moment on, Lin Fan sets out on a wholly different path to the heavens!
With the stars as his foundation and swords and halberds as his language, he rises from a lowly servant to the outer sect tournament, from struggles in secret realms to upheaval across the Nine Provinces... He refines the stars, wields a divine sword, and commands reincarnation, step by step crushing beneath his feet those who once scorned and trampled him!
Yet as his cultivation advances, an even greater conspiracy gradually comes to light. Why did Ancestor Xinghe fall? What was the truth behind the ancient war between immortals and demons? And who is the hidden hand that shrouds the myriad worlds and blocks the path to ascension?
Witness how a generation's Star Venerable cuts down every foe, protects his loved ones, uncovers mysteries buried for ages, and ultimately points his sword at the starry river, forging an unparalleled legend amid these turbulent times!
