Cloud-and-Mist Talisman

Someone once said that the Heavenly Dao favored mortals. Mortals were not born with mighty bodies or powerful spiritual energy. They had no cultivation techniques handed down at birth, and their lives were short, lasting barely a hundred years. So how had mortals managed to secure a place among the Six Realms? The Spirit Domain was home to countless unusual races and countless small worlds with ancient inheritances. Even mighty races like the dragons and those with legacies as abundant as the cloud clan had never earned that title. So how could mere mortals, so weak by comparison, deserve it?

Once, everyone said mortals were weak, and Bing Ruo believed them. Later, everyone around her said mortals were not weak. So she decided she would have to see for herself.

And so Bing Ruo saw how far ahead they planned and how skillfully they plotted; she saw their resilience, their refusal to yield, their courage and fearlessness. She saw them sacrifice themselves for the sake of their legacy, and unite to fight for their survival. She even saw one person break through her defenses with nothing but an ordinary mortal body, then master in just a few days the signature skill she was renowned for. She watched them accomplish miracles that even gods and demons could not achieve.

When a handful of mortals turned the Six Realms upside down, people finally believed that mortals truly were powerful. The Heavenly Dao had not favored mortals; mortal bones were anything but ordinary. Mortals could slay gods, subdue demons, defeat monsters, and hunt ghosts. No one could trample them underfoot.