The Sword’s Roar Across the Nine Heavens

The protagonist of this story is Jian Xiaotian, the son of Jian Tiannan. Years ago, Jian Tiannan and his pregnant wife rescued an old man and took the Nine Heavens Art the old man entrusted to them, bringing a deadly calamity upon themselves. Gravely poisoned, they fled to a cave to gather medicinal herbs. That was when a young woman of the Yi Lan people appeared. She was the last disciple of a medical immortal, whose master had already passed away. After Jian Tiannan and his wife were saved, they began living with Yi Lan, who became like a younger sister to them. Before long, his wife gave birth to a boy they named Xiaotian. Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the Beirut Empire, the fifth wife of Prince Liu Xian gave birth to a son, Liu Qitian. Two stars in the sky shone at the same time, as if the two children would be connected when they grew up. Liu Qitian had a privileged upbringing. Liu Xian found him excellent masters from an early age, and because the boy was so gifted, his teachers were delighted and had him cultivate both magic and martial arts. Jian Xiaotian’s parents, on the other hand, wanted their son to stay far away from trouble, so they never let him study martial arts. But one day, Xiaotian somehow came across the Nine Heavens Art. He couldn’t understand it, but a voice suddenly sounded in his mind, saying it would take him as its disciple. It then transmitted all the techniques directly into his mind and told him there was something waiting for him at the summit of Kunlun, but that he must not tell anyone. Xiaotian showed no sign of it on the surface, but secretly practiced. When his father explained things, he would say he didn’t want to learn, yet keep asking his father to continue. Life went on like this until one day Xiaotian went out gathering herbs with Yi Lan. Having never left the valley before, he was curious, so Jian Tiannan and his wife, worried for their safety, sent their divine beast after them to protect them. At that moment, two martial cultivators flying through the sky spotted the divine beast and realized where Jian Tiannan was hiding. They summoned their master, broke through the protective barrier, found Jian Tiannan, killed him and his wife, and took the book. When Xiaotian and Yi Lan returned and discovered the tragedy, Xiaotian began training in earnest and swore to avenge his parents. From then on, his fate became bound to magic and martial arts.