In this fickle world, this treacherous court, amid countless entanglements of cause and effect, few can hold fast to their original convictions. A bald Daoist priest with a peachwood branch slung over his shoulder experiences life beyond Spirit Mountain for the first time. The world is vast, full of wonders. This young man has failed the Buddha and forsaken the Dao. Without the Buddha or the abbot's protection on the mountain, he tastes every flavor of life. At last, beneath White Emperor City, he laments the injustice of the Heavenly Way and embarks on a path no one has ever imagined or believed in.
