The Supreme Will of Basketball

Tashi Dondrup, a boy from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, has a strange blood disorder but the purest basketball instincts. A worn-out basketball slashed open, and a mysterious old man in gray, open the door to basketball's highest temple.

It turns out basketball is more than a sport: it is a fundamental law of the universe. From concrete courts on the streets to the NBA's gilded hardwood, and then to the boundless battlefields of an interstellar league, every step in Tashi's growth echoes an ancient truth that transcends time and space: Why is a basketball round?

The answer lies in every breath, every dribble, every game-winning shot. This is a path of evolution paved with sweat and willpower, leading toward a state no one has ever reached: perfect unity between player and ball, the ultimate fulfillment.

(Highlights: hard-core basketball techniques, a science-fictional vision of the cosmos, and reflections on Eastern philosophy)