In the morning mist of Qingxi Town, Lin Yan, a sixteen-year-old herb collector, clutched half a basket of herbs. He had no idea that he was the "Holy Body of the Human Race" whose fate had been locked up by the immortals. This body, which could melt the turbid air of the mortal world and break through the barriers to ascension, was the "catastrophe" that should be wiped out in the eyes of the immortals and gods of the Lingxiao Realm. It was also the only hope for monks in Canglan Continent to break through the shackles.
A broken dust mirror picked up from the back mountain awakened in the aftermath of the monks' battle. It not only saved his dying life, but also contained the ancient remnant soul that resisted the immortal gods. When the deacon of the outer sect of the Qingyun Sect introduced him to the mountain gate with the "immortal path" as bait, he thought it was a reward after all the hardships, but he did not know that he had stepped into the trap of "sacrifice of luck": the winner of the outer sect competition was not a chance to ascend, but a "sacrifice" sent to the Spirit Locking Tower to drain away his spiritual energy.
The deathbed entrustment of the handyman elder Su Qinghuan revealed the tip of the iceberg of the conflict between immortals and mortals; the encounter between the demon princess and the abandoned disciple of the righteous path in Canglan Continent made him see clearly that the "righteous path" and the "devil path" are just chess pieces controlled by immortals and gods. From being a loser in the lower realm to stirring up troubles in the three realms, Lin Yan holds the Chen Yuan Mirror and breaks through the intertwining of turbid air and spiritual energy step by step - what he wants to break is not only the soul-locking curse on his body, but also the heavenly rule of immortals and mortals, and the lie of "eternal life" built with thousands of mortal lives.
When the barrier of the Lingxiao Realm unfolded before his eyes, with the eternal life promised by the immortals and gods on one side, and the life and death of mortals in Canglan Continent on the other, Lin Yan finally understood: the so-called cultivation of immortals has never meant staying away from the mortal world, but using a mortal body to learn about the ways of immortals and gods, and to protect the safety of all living beings. This catastrophe that spans the three realms will ultimately be determined by "the one chosen by fate"
