The Heretical Path to Immortality

A young Taoist priest, just sixteen years old, is stirred by worldly desires in his prime. Every day he witnesses the suffering of aging, sickness, and death, and sees love, hate, ignorance, and resentment.

I don't want my youthful looks to wither and fade; I don't want my skin to be marred with age spots; I don't want my limbs to grow thin and withered, my organs hollowed by worms, my white bones to stink and rot.

A young Taoist priest, just sixteen, with his whole heart desires only eternal youth...

Refining himself into medicine, nurturing his body as bait-the story of an ordinary mortal crossing tribulations in pursuit of immortality.