When I wake up, I, Cang Yuan, have become a river on Golden Turtle Island.
After cultivating for billions of years, my body has spread across the entire immortal island. Before Saint Tongtian even arrives… I claim his sacred grounds first.
Sect Master Tongtian arrives. Instead of getting angry, he laughs and grants me the true teachings of formation arts.
From then on, I become a formation with my body and guard the gates of the Jie Sect.
“You have no connection to our sect. Leave at once.”
“Saint Tongtian accepts all, regardless of their nature. I’ve come from billions of miles away. How can you stop me?”
“Your murderous aura is too strong, and you’re entangled in calamity. You may not enter.”
“Daoist Duobao is my close friend. I’ve come to join him. You dare stop me?”
“…Fine. Since you’re an old acquaintance, you may try this formation. If you pass, you can enter.”
Later, even Jie Sect Disciples have to get past me to return to the island.
“Cang Yuan! I’m personally taught by our master. You dare stop me?”
“Your baleful aura is showing, and calamity has already taken hold. Stay outside and calm your mind.”
Until the day Tongtian sets off for Zixiao Palace to sign the Investiture of the Gods.
My great river stretches across the sky, its rippling waters causing time and space to faintly still:
“Master, first cross my ‘River of Time and Space.’”
Tongtian falls silent, then claps his hands and laughs aloud.
Gradually, all the beings of the primordial world learn the truth:
A river guards the gates of the Jie Sect.
And he has truly never let the gates fall.
