The Dao Fruit of Deity Transformation appears in Penglai, and cultivators from the Three Realms scramble to claim it. But the Dragon Palace monopolizes the right to cross the sea, enforcing strict rules.
Lu Dongbin’s self-created swordsmanship is rejected for having “no recommendation from a Golden Immortal.” Zhang Guolao’s donkey-riding escape technique is mocked as “improperly dignified.” Li Tieguai’s battered gourd, Lan Caihe’s withered spirit plant, He Xiangu’s stolen Dao seed... Eight eccentric prodigies, each brilliant in one field but deemed “unqualified” by the rules, are forced to join forces after a deadly lightning tribulation.
When the Mirror of Discernment cannot measure the potential of unconventional paths, and the old yardsticks cannot cut down the edge of a new Dao, the Dragon Palace Crown Prince Ao Bing sneers, “A bunch of trash sticking together are still trash.”
The eight of us “trash” exchange smiles. Sword Bone, Elixir Blood, Escape Vein, Lotus Heart, Sound Soul, Plant Root, Law, and Ancient Dao: eight “wrong answers” cast aside, which together happen to form a Heavenly Dao formation diagram.
“They can keep their rules,” Lu Dongbin says, hand on his sword.
“We’ll make our own heaven.”
