Beneath this modern city of shimmering neon lies an ancient secret that could determine the fate of the universe.
The story begins on Shanghai's Bund, where ordinary young woman Xing Yichi meets the mysterious cultivator Fang Wuzhuo in a fateful encounter.
The dormant Taiyin Physique within Xing Yichi quietly awakens, while Fang Wuzhuo, heir to the Pure Yang Physique, bears the mission of protecting the world.
The two discover that the world faces the threat of the Gate of Guixu opening, heralding the arrival of the universe's cyclical Tide of Death.
The Netherworld Order seeks to use this power to hasten the world's end. To prevent this catastrophe, Fang Wuzhuo and Xing Yichi embark on a global adventure in search of the legendary three Keys of Chaos.
From the merfolk kingdom in the East China Sea to the secret realm of Kunlun, from the ruins of Atlantis to the Netherworld Order's Arctic headquarters, they endure trials that test them to the limits of life and death.
In battle, Xing Yichi grasps the truth of the highest goodness being like water, while Fang Wuzhuo breaks through to the realm of Returning Chaos to Unity.
When the final battle comes, Xing Yichi transforms into moonlight that nourishes heaven and earth to protect all living beings. In unbearable pain, Fang Wuzhuo attains enlightenment and ventures deep into the heart of Guixu, replacing resistance with acceptance and finally breaking the cycle of fate.
The story explores the timeless questions of existence and nothingness, protection and sacrifice. Within its fantastical blend of science fiction and Cultivation, it conveys the wisdom of the Eastern philosophy of yin and yang complementing each other, as well as the idea that love and hope are the ultimate powers that transcend every law.
The universe has always been this way, like a ring without end.
It has a beginning only because we have a concept of time.
Yet time itself does not exist.
There is only all things,
and even that is but an appearance.
How can we pass beyond appearances?
Only through eternal love and a heart that sees all as equal.
