Everyone says Ling Heng, the legitimate son of the Marquis of Zhenguo's household, is a foolish good-for-nothing.
His father is a renowned general who commands awe throughout the court, and his family has built its glory on generations of military achievements. Yet their legitimate son, Ling Heng, can't endure martial training, speaks so outrageously when studying that his teacher flees in haste, and, despite possessing a peerless soul, cannot sense even the slightest trace of spiritual energy when tested by the Daoist sect.
Bearing memories from two lifetimes, he sees through the ways of the world and the hearts of men, yet must live beneath the jeers of everyone around him, branded a “fool.”
He yields his inheritance to his younger brother and is effectively exiled, dispatched to the family's ancient fief in the south.
Within that ancestral fortress, blanketed in the dust of ages, he unexpectedly unlocks a celestial treasure left behind by a female astrologer of an earlier generation.
Since the orthodox path of cultivation is closed to him, he will take an unconventional route. Pills and medicines, the mysteries of the stars, and unorthodox arts that others cast aside as worthless will become the sharpest weapons in his hands.
As power struggles within the empire and crises in the South Seas sweep across the land, the foolish young lord mocked by the whole world will emerge from the dust and shine with a dazzling brilliance.
