The Legend of the Heavenly Book

Before Zhang Liang ascended to immortality, he left behind a book of heavenly secrets and entrusted it to the Barefoot Immortal, who was then cultivating on Tianzi Mountain, to safeguard until a worthy recipient could be found.

A thousand years later, the Barefoot Immortal had long since passed away. The fifteenth-generation disciple, Immortal Chifeng, was so greedy for wine that he lost the book of heavenly secrets and destroyed its box, which he had guarded for a thousand years.

Immortal Chifeng declared the mountain closed, vowing that its gates would stay shut until the box was found and the damaged book recovered.

That year, a severe drought broke out, shattering the peaceful relations among the Thirteen Strongholds near Tianzi Mountain. A fight over water between Huangshi Stronghold and Wulong Stronghold turned deadly, drawing in Yangjia Jie and Yuanjia Jie. By the time the fighting ended, both sides had suffered casualties. Yang Xiuwen injured Yuan Ning Shan’s brother, Yuan Ning Tang, and the two families became estranged. Just as the various sides began calling in outside reinforcements, a Zhangjiajie expert intervened in time and proposed they all go to Tianzi Mountain to pray for rain.

Immortal Chifeng’s chief disciple refused to help, citing the mountain’s closure. After discussing the matter, the leaders of the Thirteen Strongholds asked the thousand-year-old turtle demon of Baofeng Lake to summon rain. A torrential downpour lasted three days and three nights. Afterward, Yang Xiuwen found a copper fragment in the mountains and gave it to Yuan Ning Shan, easing the tension between them. Later, they saw a mountain spirit practicing boxing on a cliff at Dengzi Mountain, so they trained together and mastered the Mountain Character technique.

Yang Xiuwen went to Wuling Immortal Academy in Wuling Mountain to study, but was rejected. Immortal Songshan had declared that the academy would not accept villagers from around Tianzi Mountain, so Yang Xiuwen stayed on as an external disciple.

One day, while Yang Xiuwen was practicing, he accidentally revealed a peerless technique from the book of heavenly secrets, attracting the sect’s attention...