“If I can lie down, I won’t sit. If I can slack off, I won’t work hard.” That’s Lu Tongfeng’s life motto as the guardian of a ruined temple, and it drives his old dog, Ahuang, up the wall. “The Sword God’s legacy is wasted on you!” Then one day, he used a rusty sword to save a little beggar, and somehow cut through a foundation-building magical artifact. Pure Yang light that could “repel all magic” burst from his body!
The jade slip hidden in the broken scabbard lit up, and Ahuang instantly dropped to his knees. “Ancestor, you’ve finally awakened!” And so, the man and his dog rode the old hound into the cultivation world. While helping a vegetable seller chase down a demon, he’d call out, “Dao companion, come praise me!” When helping a gambling den locate spiritual veins, he’d say, “Dao companion, this immortal will provide for you.” He even forced the great orthodox sects to amend their rules: “No abusing dogs. Violators will be expelled from the sect!” People called him shameless, but he only stroked his rusty sword and smiled. “This immortal came out to find a dao companion. What, is that not allowed?” Only then did the cultivation world realize that the Burning Heaven Sword God, who once suppressed the demonic tide, might have left behind a “troublemaking ancestor” to collect his debts!
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