Feng Wuji, a modern master tomb raider, died unexpectedly after triggering a deadly mechanism in an ancient Western Zhou tomb. He was reborn into a mysterious world that combined the tombs of The Grave Robbers' Chronicles, Candle in the Tomb, and countless other universes, becoming the direct heir of the Feng family, a secluded clan of Guanshan Taibao from Wushan, Yunnan.
The Feng family’s origins were shrouded in mystery. The world knew only that they had been ennobled by Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming dynasty, unaware that their true roots stretched back to the Zhou dynasty. In those days, the family was known as the “Divine Stewards,” entrusted with reading the stars, wresting fortune from fate, and cultivating immortality. For generations, they practiced the Yellow Emperor’s Jade Transformation and Eternal Life Scripture, seeking to ascend and become Earthly Immortals.
But the Feng family’s founding ancestor misinterpreted the scripture and took the heretical path of “becoming an immortal through corpse liberation.” From King Mu of Zhou’s golden-thread jade burial suit and the Queen Mother of the West’s symbiotic technique, to the ghost eye of Jingjue and the King of All Slaves in the Celestial Palace on the Clouds, the shadows of their experiments in pursuit of “corpse immortality” lie behind tombs thousands of years old.
Bearing the fates of both lineages, Feng Wuji journeys through countless ancient tombs, seeking the truth of eternal life among the bronze sacred tree, the Kunlun dragon veins, and the South Sea Guixu. After witnessing the delusion of corpse liberation and the elusive promise of ascension, he finally understands at the end of the tombs:
The path to immortality is not a choice between two extremes. Corpse liberation is transformation, ascension is elevation. Only by balancing yin and yang can one find the true path to eternal life!
I raid tombs and cultivate immortality. In this life, I will forge a third path to the heavens between coffins and constellations!
