At Zixiao Palace on Zhongnan Mountain, Chen Xuanqing had studied the orthodox Daoist arts under Master Qingxu since childhood. By the age of sixteen, he had mastered the Golden Light Mantra, and his Six Lines divinations had never once been wrong. He was a Daoist prodigy, one rarely seen in a century. His master had been both teacher and father to him. After eighteen years cultivating his mind and body deep in the mountains, Chen Xuanqing had thought he would spend the rest of his life there.
One day, Master Qingxu suddenly told him that his worldly ties remained unresolved. He had to descend the mountain and settle a karmic debt between their sect and the Lin family of Jiangnan, one that had begun fifty years ago: he must protect the family's eldest daughter, Lin Wanqing. His master also hinted that an evil force dormant for many years was about to rise again, and that Zixiao Palace's mission would eventually fall to him.
New to city life, Chen Xuanqing knew nothing about the ways of the world and caused no shortage of mishaps. Lin Wanqing took him for a country bumpkin Daoist who pretended to perform magic. Then a string of strange disappearances occurred on campus, and evil spirits latched onto Lin Wanqing. At the critical moment, Chen Xuanqing formed a hand seal with his fingertips. The Golden Light Mantra shielded him and drove back the vengeful ghosts, while his Six Lines divination revealed where the evil spirits were hiding. For the first time, he showed the power of a true Daoist heir.
From then on, Chen Xuanqing played the part of an inconspicuous bodyguard while dealing with supernatural dangers lurking in the city. He used the Tianpeng Incantation to slay wicked practitioners of ancient martial arts and the Ziwei Thunder Technique to destroy a cult's altar. As he fought for his life time and again, his reputation began to grow. He met Su Muxue, a paranormal investigator who loathed evil, and Chu Lingyue, a cold and proud Maoshan saintess. As the three fought side by side, feelings began to bloom between them.
As his investigation deepened, Chen Xuanqing discovered that every crisis pointed to the same organization: the Netherworld Cult. They sought to gather four evil artifacts, unleash the Netherworld Blood Fiend, and overthrow the human world. Even more shocking, his master, Master Qingxu, had long been targeted by the Netherworld Cult...
