From Mortician to the Sage Who Overturned Heaven

Three years into the Great Xin Dynasty, the old order crumbles and the nation's fortune lies in ruins.

Several southern provinces declare independence and form a new government, hoping to save the country through modern learning.

Northern warlords hoard their armies, while remnants of the fallen dynasty rise from the dead to wreak havoc.

Along the coast, the ironclad warships of foreign powers thunder day and night. They bring not only guns and cannons, but a new system of professions redolent of steel, gears, and alchemical elixirs.

A profession is the bridge between humanity and heaven.

From scholars to tradespeople, from every school of thought to every walk of life, anyone who masters a craft can become a professional.

A cook's cleaver can carve dragons and phoenixes. A tailor's needle can stitch heaven and earth together. Even a beggar, having perfected his calling, can gain the heaven-defying power to devour the fortune of the world.

Li Xiang arrives in this world, inherits a funeral-clothing shop, and awakens the [Book of a Hundred Trades]. Starting as a mortician, he grinds his way toward immortality through an age of chaos.

[Mortician] + [Fortune-Teller] = [Feng Shui Master]: Seek the dragon, divide the gold, and read the winding mountains. Each coil is another barrier. If I decree your death at midnight, who dares keep you alive until dawn?

[Swordsman] + [Wanderer] = [Knight-Errant]: When injustice crosses my path, I draw my blade-and strike without hesitation.

[Executioner] + [Night Watchman] = [Assassin]: Kill one and you're a criminal. Kill ten thousand and you're a hero. Kill nine million, and you're the greatest hero of all!

[Martial Artist] + [Daoist] = [Martial Sage]: Temper strength within and breath without. Swallow a golden elixir, and my fate belongs to me, not heaven!

One day, Li Xiang stands atop the remains of a god who ascended through machinery. He gazes at the sky and sighs.

"I am unrivaled in the mortal world. Tell me, heaven-is there an immortal above?"