The Legend of Tianyao

At the end of the Ming dynasty and the beginning of the Qing, wars broke out frequently, leaving the common people displaced and miserable. Deep within a mysterious cave on Mount Kunlun, a young woman born with supernatural powers awoke from her slumber. She was otherworldly and as beautiful as a goddess. The story follows her through a series of captivating, fantastical adventures involving astronomy and geography, the five elements and the eight trigrams, medicine and disease, Buddhist principles, Daoist arts, and much more. This is both a fantasy romance and an encyclopedia of everyday life.