Pangu created the heavens and earth, then transformed into all things, entrusting his brother Daoyi with protecting the primordial world.
Daoyi's true spirit entered the cycle of reincarnation. After a hundred lifetimes, he awakened the wisdom of his past lives in the modern era and returned to the primordial world under the name Daoxuan.
It was the moment Hongjun attained sainthood, when purple clouds stretched thirty thousand li eastward. Daoxuan emerged, his chaotic manifestation matching Hongjun's in grandeur and shaking the heavens.
He knew the calamities that lay ahead: the bloody war between the Wu and Yao, the collapse of the Heavenly Pillar, and the devastation of all living beings. With three thousand laws at his command and Pangu's legacy upon his shoulders, he vowed to turn the tide.
He would perfect the Heavenly Dao, awaken the Earthly Dao, and kindle the Human Dao. He would play a game of wits with the Dao Ancestor in the Zixiao Palace, move the pieces between the Wu and Yao, and make his moves in silence during the Investiture of the Gods calamity.
At last, Hongjun was horrified to discover that the “variable” who had been playing against him all along was in fact a Great Dao Saint, of the same origin as Pangu and long since proven to the Dao.
This is a game of protection spanning the creation of heaven and earth and running through a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation.
