In the Age of Dharma Decline, gods and Buddhas have fallen silent.
In a ruined temple on Qingyang Mountain, a young novice named Jun Qingshi accidentally opens his Purple Mansion and obtains half a Mountain God's divine talisman, becoming the first "living Mountain God" in three thousand years of Dharma decline.
He thinks this is the greatest blessing imaginable.
Until he discovers that talismans are hidden in his blood, and beneath them lies something called "Guicang." The stronger he becomes, the looser its restraints grow. The farther he goes, the closer he comes to releasing it.
But behind him lie Qingyang Mountain, the hundreds of people depending on him to survive, and the first incense smoke to rise again in three thousand years.
He cannot retreat.
"Then I'll keep moving forward. I'll take it one step at a time."
