This is a story about cultivation. Jiarui, a student at Jinma Academy, originally came at her parents' behest to humor her mother and fulfill her wish to practice cultivation on her behalf. But after talking with a man named Jingshi, she grew curious about the world of the mystic sects. She gradually delved deeper into the practice of cultivation and came to understand it, eventually becoming a true cultivator.
The grand tournament of magical duels, held once every five hundred years, brought endless troubles to the once-peaceful mystic sects. The immortal realm of the mystic sects and the mortal world alike faced total destruction. Only by finding a mystic scripture lost in the time when Hongmeng first began could they discover a way to avert disaster. Jiarui became one of many cultivators seeking a way to overcome the tribulation. Along the way, she met Yanyan, embarked on a budding romance, and experienced a turbulent journey through battles among immortals.
As she searched for the scripture, Jiarui gradually realized that the true meaning of cultivation lay not merely in improving one's magical arts, but, more importantly, in pursuing the ultimate evolution of an undying spirit. Magical arts, martial skills, ranks, and family status all belong to this shore of cultivation, where everything in reality is reflected: the Dao and the demonic, prosperity and decline, strength and weakness, fame and fortune. Morality, history, tradition, and culture belong to the far shore of transcendence, where all hopes are heard: good and evil, life and death, letters and Confucianism, endurance and solitude.
