The shouting in the Hall of Lingxiao was still going on.
Who could have imagined that the 108 generals who guarded the Southern Heavenly Gate and swept through a hundred thousand demon soldiers would be accused of conspiring with demons and plotting treason?
There was a traitor in the Heavenly Court, colluding with the demon tribe to forge evidence. The Jade Emperor flew into a rage. Without asking what had really happened, he issued an edict stripping us of our divine titles and wiping our memories clean.
When we were cast down to the mortal world, all that remained was a trace of divine essence, like a seed buried beneath frozen earth, waiting for the day blood and fire would awaken it.
We landed in the Great Song.
The human world was nothing like the heavens. A foolish emperor sat on the dragon throne, drinking and dreaming away his life, while the likes of Cai Jing and Gao Qiu ran wild at court. The demons lurking in the shadows treated the common people like food on a plate.
The former Heavenly Chief Star was reborn as a low-ranking clerk in Yuncheng, chased by constables;
The once-famed Leopard Head was driven to the brink by a rogue in the ranks of Tokyo’s 800,000 imperial guards.
We had forgotten who we were. All we knew was that the world was too dark and life was too stifling.
Until the blade came down, or a nightmare that tore at our hearts struck
the trace of divine essence within us suddenly burst into flame!
Thunder cracked, lightning flashed, and divine power returned!
Even if we could no longer remember the Hall of Lingxiao, the sense of justice in our bones was etched into our souls.
We killed corrupt officials, slew demons and evil spirits, gathered the righteous at Liangshan, and carried out Heaven’s will!
We thought we were defying fate and demanding justice from the Heavenly Court.
But only after the campaign against Fang La had ended, our robes soaked in blood and our souls returned to the heavens, did the Jade Emperor slowly speak, revealing a truth that chilled us to the bone:
From the very moment we were falsely accused, every storm and every twist of fate in this life had been part of the game he had set in motion!
