He is the only top-ranked feng shui scholar in five thousand years of Chinese history, born into the Sanliao feng shui family and heir to Yang Gong’s orthodox tradition, with the stars held in his heart. From making a name for himself as a boy by identifying false feng shui, to taking first place in the imperial palace exam at age forty-four and entering government service, he spent seven years in the imperial court surveying Yongling, redesigning Xianling, and harnessing feng shui to tame the Yellow River. His fifty-character maxim shook the entire court. After retiring once his work was done, he became embroiled in a dispute over his family’s ancestral cemetery. He wrote books to pass down secret arts, and Hai Rui’s praise ensured his fame would endure for generations. When a fragment of Yang Gong’s secret manual comes to light, accusations from fellow practitioners and suspicion from the imperial family close in one after another. With his compass, he determines the fate of the world; with his secret arts, he breaks through one crisis after another. Meanwhile, the lost Yellow River map from the ancestral hall and a coded legacy hidden in a tomb begin to reveal feng shui secrets spanning a thousand years.
