In the fourteenth year of the Republic, the land was shattered.
Young Master Shen Jingchen of Qingxi watched his parents die horribly with his own eyes. His beloved wife, Su Wanqing, was captured by the Japanese invaders and threw herself into the river for her country.
His neighbors looked on coldly, and no one came to help. The gentle young man turned to ice overnight.
He searched the mystic sects far and wide for a way to bring her back, but every mountain gate turned him away.
Then, when the Japanese invaders surrounded him and tried to kill him, his heart's blood splashed onto the ancestral Yin-Yang jade pendant, awakening it. An ancient Qi cultivation technique suddenly stirred to life!
The Dao is not in the mountain sects, but within oneself. If Heaven refuses to accept me, then I'll defy Heaven!
From then on, he cultivates Qi and slays traitors and demons at every turn. When he sees the Japanese invaders massacre civilians, he shows no mercy. When he encounters their collaborators and lackeys, he grinds them to dust.
He will reclaim the Huitian Jade Register stolen by the Japanese, reverse time, and see his deceased wife once more.
Even if the Heavenly Dao rejects him and the Three Pure Ones stand in his way, he will fight from the mortal world all the way to the highest heavens, all to bring one person home.
[Cultivation System]
This book uses a unique cultivation system of nine realms. For readers' convenience, here is a reference to the corresponding levels in commonly known cultivation systems:
Realm 1 ≈ Qi Refining (new to the path of immortality, with only a little spiritual power)
Realm 2 ≈ Foundation Establishment (condensing qi into tangible form and formally entering the Dao)
Realm 3 ≈ Golden Core (condensing spiritual power into a core and establishing a firm foundation)
Realm 4 ≈ Nascent Soul (the spirit transforms into a nascent soul, granting a long lifespan)
Realm 5 ≈ Spirit Transformation (spiritual sense takes form, allowing flight through the air)
Realm 6 ≈ Void Refinement (shattering the void and guarding a region)
Realm 7 ≈ Body Integration (the laws begin to manifest, and a gesture can shatter mountains)
Realm 8 ≈ Mahayana (turning the world upside down and exerting power over thousands of miles)
Realm 9 ≈ Boundary Breaking (transcending the mortal world and opening a gate through space and time)
