Keeper of the Earth’s Veins

Su Wangchen was an ordinary young man obsessed with obscure historical sites. By chance, he awakened his family's ancestral Cultural Heritage Compass and embarked on a path of cultivation no one had ever taken: Earth-vein Immortal Investigation.

Most cultivators in the world seek longevity, supernatural powers, and the thrill of battle. His path, however, lies in every word and mark, every ruin and site.

He travels across the mountains and rivers of China, visiting little-known ruins overlooked by official histories and forgotten by the world: the broken tomb-guarding stele in the Gobi of Western Xia, ancient Qiang rock art deep in the Qilian Mountains, an unnamed post road buried for a thousand years, an underground canal carved by mountain villagers with pick and axe, folk kilns wreathed in curling smoke, and mountain weaving workshops where needles and thread work with gentle care.

Every ruin holds an earth-vein immortal site with a soul of its own.

Every written character and symbol is a spiritual breath of cultural heritage that can nourish the soul.

He takes interpretation as his guide, restoration as his work, and inheritance as his path.

Understanding a lost text brings him another level of cultivation.

Awakening a fading strand of cultural heritage marks a breakthrough.

Recreating an ancient craft is a step toward immortality.

There is no struggle between good and evil, no monstrous demons, no wars of conquest.

His only adversary is the erosion of time.

His only pursuit is to keep civilization alive.

From recognizing script and discerning earth veins to restoring ruins and passing on their spirit,

Su Wangchen gradually becomes the most solitary yet awe-inspiring figure among the mountains and rivers: the scribe of the earth veins.

What he writes is neither a cultivation manual nor a legend,

but a record of the everyday lives and steadfast resolve of ordinary people of the past,

so that they may never again be buried by time.