The Shanhai Continent was originally home to only the Celestial Clan in the heavens, the Demon Clan on earth, and the Nether Clan underground, which was why it was called the Three Realms. Later, the world gave birth to humanity, and when the various races mingled, the Demon Race emerged.
The Demon Race loved killing and was cruel by nature, so the other races ostracized and suppressed them. Eventually, a great war broke out.
Yet during that war, the Demon Princess and the Celestial Crown Prince met, fell in love, and had a son named Wuming.
When their relationship was exposed, the Celestial Crown Prince agreed to abandon the princess in exchange for the throne. The races of the Three Realms then hunted down the Demon Race, bringing it to the brink of extinction.
Grief-stricken, the Demon Princess fled into the territory of the Demon Clan with her young son, Wuming. After the demons relentlessly pursued them, she had no choice but to flee with him to the Human Realm, where orthodox human cultivators hunted them as well.
The princess was surrounded on Liangjie Mountain. To save her young son, Wuming, she entrusted him to Yu Linglong of the Jade Clarity Palace, an admirer of the Celestial Crown Prince. The princess herself was killed on Liangjie Mountain. Her body was left exposed on the mountain for demonic beasts to devour.
Defying everyone's objections, Yu Linglong took Wuming back to the Jade Clarity Palace...
