A Single Thought of Dao and Zen

Long, long ago, this world was utterly shattered. The stars, mountains and rivers, gods and Buddhas, and the Great Dao were all destroyed, becoming “Primeval Ashes.” The world today is a false realm pieced together from the fragments. Two hundred li north of the Great Wilderness, in the snowy mountains, stands Mount Bu Xian. A living being formed from ancient ice crystals absorbing the essence of heaven, earth, sun, and moon was left behind there. It belonged to none of the Four Births, had no name among the Six Paths, and sought to discover the origin of all things. Shi entered the Daoist sect but was cast out. Later, after teasing Chang'e and offending the Star Lord Taiyin, he was wounded by the Jade Emperor and imprisoned inside Pillar Mountain for 300 years, fed one Heartless Fruit every day. Once his sentence was served, he entered the Buddhist path, but gradually discovered its hidden secrets and fled the mountain. Shakyamuni Buddha took one of his hearts and remade him into a body capable of bringing chaos to the world. A spark of his true spirit escaped Mount Ling and was saved by Emperor Yu. The founder of the Daoist sect used the divine powers of Veiling the Heavens and Obscuring the Sun to deceive the heavens and cross the sea, sending Zhu Xuecong into the mortal world to experience the love between men and women, the passions of foolish men and women, and finally attain the true path and storm Mount Ling… This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.