Before there was Heaven, there was Pangu; but the Supreme Immortal came even before Pangu. Legend says the Lord of Pangu had a dragon's head and a serpent's body. His breath became wind and rain, his sighs became thunder and lightning. When his eyes opened, it was day; when they closed, it was night. After he died, his bones became mountains and forests, his body became rivers and seas, his blood became the Huai and other great rivers, and his hair became plants and trees. Yet before Pangu created heaven and earth, there was one Supreme Immortal, and the legend of that immortal has endured to this day...
Millions of years later, this continent had grown even more prosperous. Countless extraordinary people emerged like shoots after the rain, ushering in a golden age when everyone cultivated the Dao. In this day and age, those who attain the Dao can summon wind and rain, move mountains and overturn seas, slay demons and vanquish evil, travel to the Northern Sea in the morning and Mount Cangwu by evening, and feast on morning dew and rosy clouds. What could be more wondrous?
Yet now, cultivation sects stand everywhere. There are at least eight hundred sects worth naming, if not a thousand. In the Central Plains, four great sects gradually rose to prominence: the Jinyang Sect, Sword God Valley, Thunder Mountain, and Hidden Immortal Palace. These four sects are upright in their conduct and mighty in strength, making them the most sought-after immortal sects of all. Every year, countless people travel to the Central Plains from the Divine Ridges of the Eastern Wasteland, the southern swamps, and the western deserts. But only a rare few gain entry to one of the four great sects. Most have to join other sects, though at the very least they can make a living in the Central Plains.
The story begins with a man called Banxian. Born in the western desert, he crossed countless hardships to reach the Central Plains alone. He ran out of money along the way, and his ordinary aptitude meant he had no chance of entering one of the four great sects. By a twist of fate, he joined Black Ox Cave on Great Green Mountain, setting out on the path of cultivation...
