The Scholar Who Forsook the Immortal Path

The three realms of civil governance: bring order to the family, govern the nation, and pacify the world. Have your name inscribed in the annals of history and your legacy praised for all time.

The three realms of literary arts: cultivate sincerity, rectify the heart, and refine the Dharma body. Roam a thousand miles in every direction, with heaven and earth as your domain.

In troubled times, literary arts bring order. In peaceful times, civil governance flourishes.

Ling Shaoyu, hailed by the outside world as the reincarnation of the Master of All Under Heaven, is actually a thoroughly unruly young man. He knows nothing of accounting, so he can hardly inherit the family business; he never studies poetry or prose, so he can hardly carry on the literary tradition.

But once he breaks free of Lingzhou's constraints, storms will rise across the martial world, and waves will surge beneath the Heavenly Dao. The civil and martial worlds will be thrown into chaos, immortals and gods will be shaken, heaven and earth will be transformed, and the universe brought to peace.

I want this world to leave the mortal realm to mortals, with no more dealings with the heavenly beings!