The Plum Tree sect was a second-rate sect with a mysterious origin. In this sect, there was a senior brother, Tian Lu, with a mysterious origin. His master, Zhao Fei, was at the peak of mortal cultivation and he too had a mysterious origin. The sect master, Huang Di, of this mysterious sect had an origin that could only be described as mysterious. The mysteries surrounding the sect, the sect master, and the senior brother will not be fully addressed until much later.

In this mysterious sect located in a mysterious mountain peak inside a mysterious cave was the mysterious senior brother himself - Tian Lu. He was cultivating. To be precise, he was cultivating rice. His Foundation Establishment realm would be considered good in the mortal world among third-rate sects. But alas, this senior brother was the senior brother of a powerful and mysterious second-rate sect. And unfortunately for him, he was the senior disciple of a legendary sword master.

Zhao Fei was in the same mysterious mountain peak, inside a different mysterious cave. He too was cultivating. To be precise, he was cultivating his qi. A Transcendent Realm cultivation and master-level swordsman, Zhao Fei would be unmatched not just among the second-rate sects but also among the mortals in the entire Empire. But alas, his mysterious origin has him stuck in the Plum Tree sect.

The Plum Tree sect was located in the not so mysterious region of a land belonging to the Empire. Its sect master was in the sect hall listening to the news delivered by a messenger from this powerful Empire. Huang Di would normally not involve himself with such affairs but alas, in order to keep his mysterious origins, he had no choice but to follow the Emperor’s will. As news would have it, the Empire was holding a trial that promised great rewards for the sect and the disciples taking part in this trial. And as news would have it, this trial happened every 10 years and it would happen in 3 months time.

In this mysterious sect, with a mysterious sect master, a mysterious Transcendent Realm Cultivator, the mysterious senior brother was cultivating rice. This was just one of the many hobbies Tian Lu had started to take part in ever since he realized it took him a normal amount of time to cultivate qi. In this second-rate sect, the disciples were truly tigers and dragons. Their cultivation speed was much faster than even some disciples from first-rate sects. This is almost certainly due to the mysterious sect. To be at the Foundation Establishment Realm after spending 10 years in the sect, one would consider the person to be trash. But this trash had a secret of mysterious origins, and this secret had let him garner fear and respect among the tigers and dragons of this sect. Alas, he could no longer keep to himself in this mysterious cave, holed up in his many hobbies. The time to start unraveling mysteries had begun.