A Scruffy Daoist in Beiliang? Have You Heard of the Great Emperor Zhenwu?

At the Celestial Masters' Mansion on Mount Longhu lives a disheveled, mad Daoist.

He indulges in wine and meat, and speaks in raving nonsense.

The world laughs at his scruffiness. What Daoist temple would take in such a filthy Daoist?

But he has his own philosophy.

"A pure and natural spirit plunges into this stinking flesh. Others laugh at me for being mad, while I laugh at them for failing to see through it."

The world laughs at his madness, and no one takes him seriously.

Until one day, Zhao Xituan of Mount Longhu takes on the heavenly tribulation to protect his disciple, Xu Longxiang.

Just as Zhao Xituan is about to die and have his Daoist cultivation destroyed,

a mad, disheveled Daoist appears. Wearing tattered shoes, he steps up to the Ninth Heaven and says with a tipsy smile:

"Fellow Daoist, we are fated to meet. I'll take on the heavenly tribulation. Have any of you seen the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Venerable of the Nine Heavens?"

That day, terrifying golden light shoots up from Mount Longhu, shaking the Nine Provinces.

The whole world is stunned.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.