The Immortal Official of Liaozhai: I Own a Blessed Land of Longevity

[Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio + Immortal Officials + Immortality + Farming + Travelogue]

Even immortals suffer the Five Declines of Heaven and Man. They must pass three trials, avoid five calamities, overcome nine hardships, and endure ten tribulations. Even upon reaching the realm of a High God, they cannot escape the great tribulations of heaven and earth.

Zhang Ling arrives in the mythological world of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. With a blessed land of immortality as his refuge, he plants trees, raises fish, drinks wine, and plays chess. He wanders through mountains, rivers, and forests, witnessing one strange and supernatural tale after another as he attains the Great Dao and immortality.

That year, a flying centipede became a Daoist at Peach Blossom Temple, a beautiful snake awakened to sentience in the mountains, a mischievous monkey appeared out of nowhere, the Dragon King's son of the Eastern Sea traveled from east to west just to escape an arranged marriage, a golden fox from Qingqiu trespassed into Jieyang Mountain, and a Celestial Turtle of Literary Fortune descended to the mortal world in secret...