The War of Ten Thousand Years Ago

After the battle between the mighty Gonggong and Zhurong, the pillar of heaven broke and the cords of earth snapped. The sky collapsed, the land split apart, and floods raged without end. The Lady Nuwa could not bear to see the creatures of the world suffer, so she captured the Five Spirits and refined five-colored stones to mend the sky. Unable to bear the sight of such devastation, she issued a decree: “Gods and immortals are beings of this world who cultivated the Dao and attained enlightenment, yet they brought disaster upon all living things for their own selfish ends! This path must not be followed. I shall place the Great Dao of the laws of Heaven and Earth within the five-colored stones. From this day forth, any cultivator who commands spiritual energy and becomes a god or immortal shall be bound by the five-colored stones.” After the sky was mended, life returned to the world, and spiritual energy once again flourished. The Five Great Sects were born, and each of their leaders seems to be searching for a path to godhood and immortality...