Chen Mo is the lowest-ranking servant in the Qingmu Sect. To get medicine for his gravely ill mother, he clings to life in a pile of discarded medicinal herbs on the back mountain during a cold, rainy night. By chance, he stumbles upon the strange deeds of a mysterious gray-robed cultivator and unexpectedly obtains a scroll called the Scripture of Mortal Ties, setting him on a path to defy heaven and cultivate immortality.
But just as he begins to master the technique, a theft in the forbidden grounds throws everything into turmoil. Arrogant outer-sect disciples seal off the mountain and search the area. Flecks of locust tree bark are hidden in his mysterious roommate’s sleeve, while the spiritual energy in Chen Mo’s meridians grows increasingly wild and unruly.
A soul-nurturing jade, a mysterious cultivation manual, and a vast net entangling life and death have already trapped the boy who wanted nothing more than a peaceful life.
His mortal ties have only just begun to form, yet calamity is already upon him. Will he remain a helpless pile of medicinal dregs for others to trample, or wield those ties as a blade?
(Join Chen Mo as he tries to escape while Qingmu Sect disciples hunt him down.)
