At the foot of Qingwu Mountain, Lin Yan spent fifty years squatting by a fresh grave. Inside lay Grandpa Wang, who had watched him grow up, while Lin Yan himself remained forever seventeen. The polished black jade thumb ring on his wrist concealed the secret of his "immortality," as well as the "Chang Geng bloodline" forbidden by the cultivation world.
Grandpa Wang's dying words, "Go find the cultivators," pulled Lin Yan from fifty years of peaceful life and into a world far vaster than the mountains. In the lower realm, the emperor of the Dayong dynasty secretly practiced the "Imperial Way." The immortal sects saw Lin Yan's bloodline as a "cancer of time," while wicked cultivators sharpened their blades to seize eternal life. The Ghost King of Netherworld City in the spirit realm offered him an alliance; the stars of the Tai Bai Celestial Domain in the immortal realm pointed their swords at him. Even the remnant soul of Pangu, sleeping in a primordial ruin, trembled at the sight of his bloodline.
Infinite lifespan was no gift. It was a cultivation path that meant treading the river of time. From a woodcutter boy on Qingwu Mountain, he came to wield the Chang Geng Jade Mirror, reflecting past and present. He harnessed the power of the stars to temper his body with the Chang Geng Temporal Scripture, and slew demonic fiends from other domains in the chaos passageway. At last, before the Lingxiao Hall in the divine realm, he asked: If eternal life is a sin, why did the heavens let the Chang Geng Star descend to the mortal world?
From the cooking smoke of the lower realm to the primordial chaos of the cosmos, from an ordinary iron sword to primordial treasures, Lin Yan's path was a cultivation journey spanning millions of years. He would shatter the shackles of his "forbidden bloodline" and let the light of the Chang Geng Star shine through the barriers of time across all nine realms.
