Rebuilding the Underworld

Enter the Netherworld, climb Kunlun, ascend to the Ninth Heaven, and grasp the Great Dao “You will lead all living beings to rise together and reach the heavens.” Xia Chan, the reincarnation of the carefree Daoist, burst the Underworld apart during the divine war. To make amends, he began cultivating. Every now and then, he solves a little case and helps rescue the Underworld from its nightly parade of ghosts. But after climbing a mountain, sooner or later you have to come back down. A thousand years had passed in the mortal world by the time the Underworld was blown apart and the currents of time and space swept through. The cultivation world, which he remembered as a place where the strong preyed on the weak, turned out to be so peaceful and harmonious. And of course, while he was at it, it would be even better to have beautiful companions by his side. “Junior Brother, be my external brain, and I’ll be your sword,” said his senior sister, the sword spirit. “An apprentice who cannot have the one he loves, and a master who cannot have the one she loves.” His master, Yao Tiao, raised her cup to the moon. “You can surely make this world what you want it to be.” The drunken swordswoman lifted her wine flask and drank with him. Everything in the world should have a place of its own. This is a story about pursuing carefree freedom.