After taking a sip of plain water from a jade flask, he feels alternating waves of heat and cold throughout his body, as if caught between ice and fire. He does a hundred or so push-ups in one go without even getting winded...
He opens a jade slip and discovers that the blank surface is now covered in golden sigils. When he touches one, something seems to appear in his mind...
He takes a bath to calm down, only to discover that the jade Buddha pendant on his chest starts reciting scripture when wet. It feels as if something else has appeared inside him...
Then Zhou Yi discovers that all the jade carvings he has made seem to be acting strangely...
In an age of spiritual qi revival, with demons and monsters running rampant, Zhou Yi begins to study these unusual jade carvings...