The Ninefold Immortal Emperor’s Path to Godhood

The Hongyun Realm.

In the Eastern Region, outside Liuyun City in the Xuanqing Empire, stands the Ziyun Temple on Ziyun Mountain. It is the only Taoist temple in Liuyun City and a place where the Taoist school trains its disciples.

At dawn, in the scripture library of Ziyun Temple, an eighteen-year-old boy in a servant’s uniform is sweeping the floor. He is the library’s only servant. For the past ten years, he has swept the first three floors every morning before welcoming a new day of book loans from the temple’s disciples.

Ziyun Temple is a third-rate Taoist temple in the Xuanqing Empire, which is to say, a third-rate martial arts faction.

“Eighteen years. I, Jiang Wei, have transmigrated here for a full eighteen years. When will my golden finger arrive? When will I finally be able to cultivate? I don’t want to be a cripple anymore.”

As the boy Jiang Wei sweeps, he grumbles to himself. Before he knows it, he has reached the third floor of the scripture library.

“Clatter!”

Jiang Wei accidentally knocks over a row of bookshelves. There are only three rows of shelves on the third floor, and somehow he manages to knock down the one against the wall. Books spill all over the floor.

“What’s this?”

As the shelf falls, Jiang Wei sees a scroll painting appear on the wall behind it. Four ancient characters are written on it: Hetu Luoshu.

As soon as the painting appears, a mysterious force seems to draw Jiang Wei closer. He reaches out and takes it down.

Just then, a golden light bursts forth, transforming into the phantom of a golden beast with a dragon-like head and tail and the body of a land tortoise.