In the lands belonging to the Nine Peaks Harmony Sect two fates await mortals who reveal their ability to cultivate. Those who show promise are promptly sworn into the sect and begin their long and arduous journey on the path of Immortality. Those who lack the required talent are taught a severed dao - and spend their lives in servitude.

Jin Sou belonged to the second group.

Instead of the Immortal peaks, his fate led him underground to toil in the dark and perilous shafts of a spiritual crystal mine. It seemed his future was sealed until one day when he discovered a mysterious treasure that should never have appeared in a place like this...