(The protagonist has sound values but isn't a saint. A genius, not a good-for-nothing.)
Are men and women different when it comes to martial arts cultivation? Can you cultivate without a manual? Life is full of hardship. How can we do nothing but sigh and fret?
Without a manual, I'll create my own. Without martial techniques, I'll comprehend them myself.
All the greats of old and present carved out their own worlds. Though I, Li Yi'an, awoke in the wilderness, I too aspire to transcendence. Without a cultivation manual, why should I settle for secondhand wisdom? I'll create the world myself!
In the Futiandao Realm, yin and yang arose within. Yin spirits and yang essence divided the world into ten parts. The six yin-yang paths gave rise to humans and beasts, the two Lunar paths gave rise to yin spirits, and the two Solar paths gave rise to yang puppets.
One dream carried me into the realm; after a thousand years and nine near-deaths, I was born again. Where lies the road home? To transcend mortality and become a saint, then return to the mortal world: was it all just a daydream? What did I bear, and what did I achieve?
