[Mortal beginnings, personal growth, immortal cultivation and romance, ordinary roots, court intrigue, ensemble cast]
Year 1723 of the Great Zhou dynasty.
Zhou Jianlong joined the Qingxuan Sect as a lowly servant and gradually worked his way up to become the owner of the Hundred Herbs Hall.
He then rose to become a senior apothecary in the Apothecaries’ Guild. After passing the Great Zhou court’s talent selection, he secured a position in the Divine Constabulary and was swept into a vast maelstrom of court intrigue and mysteries surrounding his birth. Amid the turmoil, he steadily rose to power.
He had been skilled in medicine since childhood and could identify hidden ailments and injuries that ordinary people would never notice. He also carried a wealth of knowledge from his previous life.
His origins were a mystery.
He had no idea where the black thread at his fingertip, constantly devouring spiritual energy, had come from. Nor did he know that, far away in Jiulipo, someone had been quietly protecting him for sixteen years.
He never imagined that four years later, his time would be up.
But death was never the end of the story. It was the beginning of everything...
The setting is fresh and the characters are lively.