Refining Falsehood into Reality: from the Chinese Martial Art Baodan to the Mythical Daluo

The novel Dragon and Snake was published anonymously, setting off a craze in Chinese martial arts. Gu Chen hid behind the scenes, weaving legends of extraordinary cultivation to deceive the world, and turned falsehoods into truths. He is the indestructible elixir-holding master of Yaoqing Vajra. He has unparalleled martial arts and is famous all over the world. He is also the founder of Wuming Renxian Martial Arts. His energy and blood are like a dragon, and he drives away the Tartars. He was also the preacher of the Incense and Fire Shinto in the Song Dynasty. He used incense to connect the gods and build the divine court. ……… He is also the ancient emperor of heaven, a mythical emperor from a foreign land. All living beings are sinking in the extraordinary practice he weaves, but Gu Chen reaches the other side by usurping the faith of all living beings, refining falsehoods into truths, and creates an immortal legend. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.