In the first year of spiritual qi revival, a global cultivation craze erupted, and cultivation became a ticket into a new social class. At his graduation ceremony, Lu Chen, an Immortal Venerable who had failed his tribulation, returned to campus. With a shattered dantian and no money to his name, he nevertheless awakened the memories of his past life as a master alchemist and artifact maker.
In the early days of the Dharma-Ending Age, when materials were scarce, Lu Chen substituted mundane herbs for heavenly treasures. He set up a stall to sell pills and made a fortune on campus, shattering a rich young master's pride with a single defective pill. He kept a low profile as he grew stronger, yet the campus belle showed up at his door begging for pills, and the richest man in the country knelt to ask for a partnership.
When the first batch of Foundation Establishment Pills came out of the furnace in a suburban cave dwelling, the global cultivation world went wild trying to buy them. Lu Chen smiled faintly.
