Misty Rain at the Mystic Gate

Mists Over the Mystic Sect

(No Spiritual Roots, Cultivation in the Mortal Style, Good-for-Nothing's Rise, Fortune-Telling and Feng Shui, Hidden Masters Among the Common Folk, Play the Pig to Eat the Tiger, Business-War Cultivation, Defying Fate)

In Yunzhou of the Great Jing, Su Qingci, the legitimate son of the Su family, was born with blocked meridians and a shattered dantian. With no spiritual roots or immortal bones, he was mocked by everyone as a good-for-nothing cultivator.

He possessed three secret manuals and used fortune-telling and feng shui in the bustling streets to predict good and ill fortune and lay out auspicious arrangements. A single word from him could determine one's fate, earning him the favor of the powerful and the title of Mr. Su.

When the Qingyun Sect descended and the immortal sects opened their gates, prodigies competed for immortal opportunities. Su Qingci did not seek entry into a sect. Instead, he used his wits to do business and control the mines, winning over mystic masters through mortal means and earning the deference of the immortal sects.

With wealth as his ladder and intelligence as his sword, he sought to defy Heaven and pursue the Dao as a mortal. Yet beneath the three secret manuals lies a shocking secret powerful enough to shake the entire mystic world...