In the eighth year of Dazhong Xiangfu in the Northern Song Dynasty, Emperor Zhenzong neglected state affairs and spent his days obsessed with seeking immortals and pursuing the Dao. Chancellor Wang Ruoqin, Ding Wei, and their ilk used claims of celestial writings and auspicious omens to mislead the court and the people. With the neighboring Liao Empire eyeing the realm, the dynasty teetered on the brink of ruin.
During this time, one of the Song navy's flagship vessels mysteriously disappeared in the South Seas. Before long, an urgent dispatch from 800 li away in the southeast delivered a shocking secret letter to the court.
Thereupon, Zhenzong urgently summoned Bai Yao, commander of the secret army, to the palace and told her about the ruins of an immortal land overseas…
