1956: Making Thunder on Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong, 1956: a strange era in which resurgent demons collided with industrial civilization. Shi Potian, modeled on Shi Jian, awakens to his talent for thunder magic while working as a clockmaker's apprentice in the slums. Amid the struggles between the three great sects of Maoshan, Longhu Mountain, and Gezao Mountain, the oppression of British colonial forces, and the chaos wrought by demons, he uses an engineering mindset to unravel traditional thunder magic. Starting by absorbing stray electrical current, he gradually masters the power of heavenly tribulation. In the end, he breaks through the prejudices of the Taoist sects, exposes the Maoshan leader's treason, and is reborn through the Ninety-Ninefold Heavenly Tribulation as the Lord of Thunder, becoming a legendary guardian of the Chinese Taoist tradition.