What is a “Divine Talent”? A prodigy among mystics, adept at discerning the balance between Yin and Yang, seeking out dragon veins, reading fortunes, and turning misfortune into blessing. A genius in the field of medicine, able to diagnose life and death with a single touch, and debate matters of fate and status with the art of acupuncture and the five elements. A notorious charmer in the city of flowers, whose roguish allure intoxicates, yet who is no mere playboy beneath the willow shade. When these three talents unite in one, the world is left in awe, and the mundane troubles of life become as fleeting as the wind. Of all the enchanting flowers, it is the peony that most stirs the heart, and among mortals, there remains but one divine talent. Liu Fan’s pursuit in life is simple: to enjoy the company of beauties under the moon and roam the world with carefree freedom.
Pangu split the heavens and earth, transforming the primordial chaos, and thus the Heavenly Dao was established. The Great Dao has fifty paths, but the heavens manifest only forty-nine, leaving one concealed. The Heavenly Dao is incomplete; therefore, calamities unceasingly sweep the world. Yet the Heavenly Dao is without feeling, while the Great Dao is compassionate, offering a thread of destiny.
During the catastrophic conflict between the Witch and Demon clans, the ancestral witch Gonggong, in a fit of rage, crashed into Buzhou Mountain, causing a rupture in heaven and earth. The celestial river poured down upon the vast land, inflicting untold suffering upon all living beings. At that time, the great goddess Nuwa, moved by the plight of the earth’s creatures, used the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth to refine five-colored stones and repair the sky. The Cauldron of Heaven and Earth is a supreme treasure, attainable only by those of great wisdom, boundless virtue, and profound goodness. Later, Nuwa molded clay to create mankind, thereby attaining the status of a sage and becoming revered as the Holy Mother of the human race.
When the era of the Three Sovereigns arrived, humanity flourished, but many perished from illness. Subsequently, the Earth Sovereign, Shennong, obtained the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, tasted hundreds of herbs, refined divine medicines, and composed the Classic of Divine Farmer’s Herbs to benefit future generations, ultimately earning the title of Human Sovereign. During the time of the Five Emperors, the demon clan wrought havoc among m