Landon Cross, a wealthy heir, is framed by his first love Natalie Sharp and sent to prison. His family is murdered. The Sharps steal his empire. Only his aunt survives. Behind bars, Landon masters antiques, jade appraisal, medicine, and cultivation. Freed, he becomes unstoppable. Now he must protect his last kin and rain retribution on those who destroyed him. A dragon returns to the city, and he will have his vengeance.