In the primordial age, the Great Wilderness, the Dao had fallen into decline. I am Chen Taixuan, standing atop the myriad realms. With a wave of my hand, I shatter stars; with a word, reality obeys. In my long solitude, I sealed away my divine power and lived as a mortal, walking among humankind and witnessing dynasties rise and fall, and martial arts flourish and fade. In the streets of Handan in the Zhao state, a runaway carriage is about to strike a frail boy, a Qin hostage named Zhao Zheng. With a casual calculation, Chen Taixuan glimpses a hidden azure dragon. The boy begs him to stay for a month, and at last he nods. “What I teach you is more than the art of power. It is the way to rule the world.”
Thus, guided by an immortal master, a different Qin Shi Huang sets out on a thorny path from hostage to emperor for the ages. Court intrigues and conflicts between kingdoms abound, but hidden behind history’s curtain are long-lost traditions of cultivation, and a new era about to be kindled by the flames of the Immortal Qin...
