Rainbow Descending to the Mortal World (Ancient Fantasy, Fated Healing)
Ti Huan, the Rainbow Goddess of the Nine Heavens, rules over the rosy glow of the Three Realms. But after a calamity that defied the heavens shattered her soul, she fell to the mortal world. Stripped of her immortal status and memories, she was swept up by the obsessions of greed, anger, and delusion, becoming an ordinary mortal trapped by the joys and sorrows of earthly life.
The laws of the celestial realm are strict: those who interfere with mortal karma will suffer damage to their immortal bones at best, or fall into the demonic path at worst. Yet Yun Yao, Ti Huan’s dearest friend and beloved companion of a thousand years, could not stand by and watch her remain forever in a sea of suffering. She deceived the Heavenly Emperor, concealed her immortal power in a mortal avatar, and entered the human world, choosing the most perilous path: “using demons to overcome demons.”
Without divine powers or a shortcut to enlightenment, Yun Yao accompanies Ti Huan through every kind of human hardship: experiencing the sting of scheming and loss in the marketplace, the heart-rending obsessions of love and hate, and the terror and despair of birth, aging, sickness, and death. The defiling energy of the mortal world steadily erodes Yun Yao’s immortal power, and her Daoist heart teeters on the brink. She nearly succumbs to greed, and her obsessions breed inner demons. Their mutual trials become a cultivation journey with their lives at stake.
Neither of them simply saves the other. They hold each other back and redeem one another, remaining true to themselves amid the mire. When Ti Huan sees through the illusion of obsession, and Yun Yao preserves the rosy glow in her heart, a pure heart takes root and sprouts from the dust.
In the end, Ti Huan chooses to put down roots in the human world. She understands joy and sorrow without becoming bound by them, and the rosy glow around her transforms into a gentle power that guides all living beings to salvation. Yun Yao stays by her side, too. In mortal form, they weave that rosy light into the bustle of everyday life, illuminating the corners where lost souls wander.
