He defied heaven and ultimately became the Heavenly Dao. He was the reincarnation of the Spirit Pearl, and also a stubborn stone on the Heavenly Dao’s chessboard.
On Mount Kunlun, the Spirit Pearl was shrouded in dust. Master Taiyi used indulgence as a lock, while Nuwa wielded compassion as a blade, pushing him into a living hell. The demon child born in Chentang Pass set fire to the City God temple and slew the Dragon King. The agony of cutting out his own bones to return them to his father tore away the hypocritical mask of the Three Realms. It turned out that humanity was the demon race’s livestock, the Investiture of the Gods was a prison for souls, and the goddess who mended the heavens was the very one moving the pieces behind the calamity.
Nezha wielded his Fire-Tipped Spear to burn away fate. Beneath the Red Armillary Sash, he bound the soul of the Kunpeng demon; within the Universe Ring, he subdued the roars of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Together with Ao Bing, reincarnated as a poet immortal, he uncovered the lingering regrets of the Luo River Goddess. With Yang Jian, he split open the lies of Nuwa’s palace. In the end, he confronted the cruelest truth of the Heavenly Dao: the gods and Buddhas played their game, and all living beings were sacrifices.
“If fate decrees that I become a demon, then I’ll slay the gods. If reincarnation traps all living beings, then I’ll reopen the Six Paths!”
On the day the Investiture of the Gods burned, he transformed the Spirit Pearl into stars and scattered his soul to mend the rift in the heavens. A thousand years later, incense still rose without end from temples across the human world. Atop Mount Kunlun, a sigh sounded.
