Young Chen Zhao is a collateral-line scion of the Qingcheng Clan, born with a crippled meridian network. His mother is gravely ill, and his clan looks down on him.
The spirit of the Tang and Song dynasties still lingers. The path to immortality is just beginning to flourish, spiritual energy stirs beneath the surface, and secrets lie hidden across the Nine Provinces.
After obtaining the Heavenly Eye Jade Pendant, he can glimpse the threads formed from the good and evil thoughts of all living beings, defy fate, and change his destiny.
The legend of the flood dragon's slaying is still fresh, the secrets left behind by the River Lord are about to be revealed, and the mystery of his origins begins to surface.
He follows the currents of fortune to seek answers, breaks evil and saves his mother, investigates seals, ventures into dragon veins, and battles powerful foes.
Rising from humble beginnings, accompanied by a white hound that howls at the moon, he steps into a chaotic age of cultivation and takes hold of a single thread of heavenly secrets!