A word or two can reveal the mysteries of the Dao. Why pore over ten thousand pages of alchemical texts? If you are not burdened by your physical form, the Great Firmament Heaven is right before your eyes.
Beginning in Northwest China in 1995, this novel tells the story of a gifted transmigrator who refuses to be bound by red tape and cultivates both body and mind.
Along the way, he endures trials and tribulations and sees every side of human nature. Some become slaves to money and power without even realizing it; some are born to pursue absolute self-interest and do as they please; some fight countless battles in pursuit of the highest realm; some are naturally compassionate and long to pass the torch to others; some suffer hardship after hardship and ask only for peace and happiness in the years they have left; some refuse to yield, determined to uncover the cruel truth... Many more are destroyed by the aftershocks of a bygone era. Though they possess great abilities, they ultimately find themselves trapped in endless emptiness. They live, and they die. Together, they paint a portrait of decades of turmoil and upheaval in the world of extraordinary people.
(A The Outcast fanfic, slow burn, no System, a portrait of many lives)
