In the autumn of the thirteenth year of the Zhenguan era, Li Chunfeng, a master of feng shui, studies the night sky from the Imperial Observatory in Chang’an. To his horror, he sees the Ziwei Emperor Star split, with dark red cracks appearing across it. His calculations reveal an earth-shattering change in the Tang dynasty’s future. Risking everything, he uses a Heluo divination board and a blood jade from the Western Regions to probe the secrets of heaven. Beside the Ziwei Star, he sees a light-devouring dark star emerge, while a purple-red pillar of light plunges down from the northwestern sky. It is no meteor: it is an arrival.
At an ancient sacrificial altar in Qinzhou, tomb robbers disturb a strange bronze mirror inside a bronze coffin. Beneath the pillar of light, the mirror shatters, and a star lord in a dark robe crosses into this world. With only one soul and one spirit remaining, he inhabits a mortal body and needs star marrow to rebuild his foundation. He fixes his gaze on Li Chunfeng, who can perceive “reality.” The star lord manipulates the tomb robbers, hoping to use the fortune of the Tang emperors to pave his path to immortality through astral evolution. His shadow reveals a mass of tentacles, making his true nature impossible to fathom.
Li Chunfeng coughs up blood as he probes the secrets of heaven. The Heaven-Peering Ruler cracks, and blood-red runes form the character “Yan.” The prophecy of the Yisi Divination appears in the world. The Ziwei Star splits, and imperial fortune surges, plunging the flourishing Zhenguan era of the Tang into an unprecedented thousand-year mystery. Thus begins the feng shui master’s quest to cultivate immortality and attain the Dao, and his struggle over destiny against a star lord from another world. The Tang dynasty’s future lies hidden within the enigmatic patterns of the stars.
