The world is a vast sea of suffering; people are in the sea, the physical body is the boat, and the soul is the person inside the boat.

Should one cultivate the body, strengthening the vessel, to reach the other shore of the sea of suffering?

Or should one cultivate the soul, so that the person inside the boat becomes skilled at navigating the waters?

In the seemingly peaceful Great Qian Dynasty, undercurrents surge. How did the most looked-down-upon illegitimate son in the Henry Clark residence rise above others? How did he transform from a useless scholar into a peerless powerhouse who mastered both martial and spiritual cultivation?

Martial cultivation is about forging fate: training flesh, muscles, skin, bones, organs, marrow, changing blood, and opening acupoints to become a human immortal; spiritual cultivation is about refining nature: focusing the mind, leaving the body to manifest the Yin Spirit, possessing others to become a ghost immortal, and enduring tribulations to attain the Yang God.

Should one cultivate martial arts to become a human immortal, or pursue the immortal path to become a Yang God?

What would happen if one cultivated both martial and immortal paths at the same time?