The coming-of-age story of a young Taoist who ventures into the world to cultivate. At sixteen, Gao Dashuai leaves his mountain home at his master's command, using the feng shui and mystical arts he has learned to help people. Amid the complexities of worldly life, he gradually comes to understand the true meaning of the Dao.
Raised since childhood in a Taoist temple deep in the mountains, Gao Dashuai sets out into a secular world full of unknowns and challenges with the compass and peachwood sword his master gave him. From the first feng shui case in Qingshi Town to the mystery of a string of disappearances at Heishui Ferry, he relies on his exceptional intelligence and courage to overcome one crisis after another. Along the way, he meets Liu Suifeng, a young nobleman who has run away from home. The two travel together and forge a deep bond through hardship.
But the road through the martial world is far from smooth. Gao Dashuai gradually discovers that the most treacherous thing in the world is not demons or ghosts, but the unfathomable human heart. After a series of bizarre and fantastical events, he begins to wonder: What is the Dao, and what is the Way? When the orthodox mystical tradition clashes with worldly desire, how will this young cultivator hold on to his principles...
