In the Age of Declining Dharma, spiritual energy has vanished and the path of cultivation seems doomed. Yet Lu Chen uses the The Complete Guide to Treasure Refining, which he picked up at a secondhand bookstall, to forge a unique path to immortality by refining treasures into spiritual energy. While others absorb spiritual energy to cultivate, he smashes jade to temper his body, treating Hetian jade and icy-grade jadeite as daily fare.
Careful not to flaunt his wealth, he heads to the black market to hunt for stones. At a glance, he spots a fine jade rough stone, earning the resentment of a sect disciple. But the encounter becomes a chance to test his strength, and Lu Chen is astonished to discover that other cultivators exist in the world, along with a rule forbidding them from entering the mortal world!
With no sect or master, what rules could bind him? When a senior sister from a sect confronts him with a spirit sword, she moves like lightning, yet appears as slow as an ant to him. He turns the tables, defeats her, and takes her sword, forging a fateful connection to the cultivation world. Armed with The Complete Guide to Treasure Refining, able to identify gold, discern jade, and refine myriad treasures, Lu Chen makes the mortal world his training ground. He refines every precious treasure under heaven, shatters the chains of convention, and blazes a path to immortality through treasure refining in a city without spiritual energy!
