[One heroine] [Cultivating immortality through talisman arts] [Nurturing spirit plants] [Ink-wash ancient aesthetic] [Protective hero] [Play the pig to eat the tiger]
An ancient secret lies hidden in a thousand-year-old spiritual valley, while a century-old insect plague threatens the homeland.
Chen Zibai, an orphan from Spirit Valley Village, has a mid-grade wood single spirit root. When his spiritual aptitude was tested, the entire academy laughed at him: “Go back and grow spirit fields.”
No one knows that the source of an ancient Pure Spirit Immortal Herb flows in his blood.
A drop of his blood can devour hundreds of insects; a drop of his ink can bring spirit talismans to life. The plants and trees across the mountains bow their heads to him. He enters Cloudmist Immortal Academy with a woodcutter’s knife on his back, pretending to be a good-for-nothing by day, while at night he searches the library and discovers the Pure Spirit Dao Seal, lost for a thousand years. The eye-like dark golden rune on the back of the Insect King resonates faintly with the seal in his palm.
She is the village’s finest artifact smith. She swings a hammer, forges iron, and cooks a wonderful meal. She once promised him, “Come back alive, and I’ll marry you.”
From then on, spirit plants become weapons, grass and trees become talismans, and every punch and kick protects the valley. With each talisman and every stroke of the brush, he battles the demonic path.
But just as he finally uncovers the end of the trail leading to his origins, the being sealed in slumber for ten thousand years slowly opens its eyes.
