At sixteen, Lin Yanzhou is a young herb gatherer whose parents have vanished and whose origins are a mystery. His only keepsake is an ancient jade pendant.
Hunted by a Xishu, he awakens the pendant, and a Taoist appears. It turns out the pendant comes from a Taoist lineage founded two thousand years ago, when Xu Fu sailed east.
From then on, he embarks on the path of cultivation. A mixed spiritual root? His pills explode, he falls into one trap after another, and evil energy chases him everywhere, but he never gives up. He masters alchemy, formations, and feng shui, bringing all three arts together. The Xishu, Zheng beasts, nine-tailed foxes, and Lu Wu are only the beginning of the strange creatures from the Classic of Mountains and Seas that cross his path.
As he uncovers the truth about his parents and inherits Xu Fu's Taoist lineage, he grows from a boy in Qingzhu Village into a grandmaster of his age.
"My life, huh? It's more bitter than medicinal herbs. At least it can be used as medicine."
