Feng shui master + technological apocalypse + Cthulhu + mystery and the supernatural + horror + high-octane battles + interstellar civilization
Mountains and rivers have spirits, nurturing dragon veins that shape the fate of the world. Ever since Da Yu subdued the Nine Tripods and the First Emperor cast bronze statues, the lineage of Dragon Vein Wardens has walked the earth, regulating the earth's energy, appeasing dragon spirits, and keeping the world at peace.
Xu Buhuan, a young Dragon Vein Warden raised in the Kunlun Mountains whose origins are shrouded in mystery, is sent down the mountain by his master to gain experience. He only wants to earn a little money and see the bustling world below. But on his first venture into the mortal world, he stumbles upon a plot to destroy a spiritual mountain stone and seize the baleful energy of a ley line. This leads him to the ancient, extremist cults known as Shadow Sacrifice and Sever Heaven and Earth.
He then discovers that the strange blood coursing through his veins isn't a natural gift, but the product of a deranged experiment and the key to unlocking an apocalyptic plan. A mad heretic claiming to be his twin brother, the mysterious government agency Bureau 749, and the cold observer from the depths of space known as Star Pivot: the powers at play emerge one after another, all seeking to control him.
The grudges of the previous generation, the organization's plots, and the truth about civilization form a massive vortex that pulls him in. From abandoned village temples to deep-sea ruins, from dragon-vein nodes to interstellar battlefields, Xu Buhuan is forced to grow stronger in one desperate situation after another. He learns the Yin-Yang Dragon Shedding Art, masters the power of the Dragon Shadow, and tempers his body with stellar marrow.
Together with companions who are sometimes allies and sometimes enemies, he follows the trail to the place where all rivers converge and where everything began: the Eye of the Void. A final storm is brewing there, one that will determine the fate of the dragon veins, the future of civilization, and even the truth about the world.
