After his wife dies of a terminal illness, Chen Fan is consumed by grief. But among the belongings she left behind, he discovers an ancient inheritance: The True Explanation of Origin.
When he draws qi into his body and glimpses a fragment of the secret of immortality, the Heavenly Dao flies into a rage. Its cold will descends upon the world:
“Mortal, accept your fate. Defy the heavens, and die!”
Executioners of Heaven emerge from the shadows, vowing to wipe this “rebel” from existence.
Only then does Chen Fan understand: the illnesses and hardships of this world, and the fact that no one lives past a hundred, are not fate. They are shackles forged by the Heavenly Dao to enslave all living beings!
He throws back his head and laughs, his laughter filled with boundless grief and determination:
“If this fate means taking the one I love from me and keeping my fellow humans in chains…”
“Then I will cultivate immortality! I will defy the heavens!”
“I will reopen the path to immortality for all mankind, for ten thousand generations to come!”
