Lin Changsu now goes by Su Changsheng, drifting among beggars as he cultivates immortality.
The road to immortality is thorny, and his blood feud remains unsettled. With a mortal body, he treads the heavens; with water and fire, he seeks the summit.
Seven-year-old Lin Changsu bears the stigma of being the son of a traitor. Against all odds, he escapes the desperate fate of his entire clan being exiled. Determined to clear his father's name, he climbs alone across treacherous peaks where three kingdoms meet. At the brink of death, he knocks on the gates of the transcendent Cangqiong Sect, a sect of immortal cultivators.
From then on, the fugitive child who should have been lost in the dust embarks on an entirely different path. In the sect's outer courtyard herb garden, he is the mediocre "Su Changsheng," concealing his presence while hiding a Yin-Yang twin constitution, unseen for a thousand years. In secret, he cultivates the ancient secret art, the Two Poles Returning to One Art, and commands the opposing yet complementary powers of water and fire.
Yet the immortal sect is no sanctuary. His first glimpse of brilliance at the sect's outer-court tournament brings not only admiration, but also the relentless surveillance and pursuit of the mysterious Star-Moon Hall. Beneath the outer courtyard, undercurrents churn; yesterday's companions may be today's pawns. Along the borders of the three kingdoms, demonic beasts roam, while ancient cultivators' caves hold both opportunity and mortal danger.
From a humble apprentice tending herbs in the outer-court garden to drawing the special attention of a true disciple of Green Bamboo Peak; from a desperate escape at Seven Star Cliff to a trial-by-combat in Mistveil Valley. With a wooden sword in hand, Lin Changsu gradually tears open the shocking conspiracy lurking beneath the calm surface, journeying between the cloud seas above and the abyssal valleys below.
This is a path to immortality that begins with revenge, but goes far beyond it.
As mortal blood feuds become entangled with the game of the immortal realm,
As the wrongs done to his loved ones collide with the sect's secrets,
The youth wields water and fire as his sword, beneath these boundless heavens,
And writes a legend of his own: one that will never fade.
