In ancient times, there was neither sky nor earth, and the world was nothing but chaos. Pangu separated heaven and earth with his axe: pure qi rose to become the sky, turbid qi sank to become the earth, primordial qi gave rise to all things and filled them with life, while demonic qi brought death and corruption, confusion and destruction. After Pangu died, his primordial spirit became dormant. The world's pure qi continued to rise, forming the Celestial Realm, while its turbid qi continued to sink, forming the Underworld and Hell. The mortal world lay between them, and together they were known as the Three Realms. All things in the world cycled through reincarnation, forming the Six Paths.
But unknown to the people of the world, there was another great cycle of reincarnation. Once it began, everything would be rearranged. The Celestial Realm could become the Underworld, Hell could become the Celestial Realm, fire could turn cold, ice could turn hot, and everything would be reversed. Only by finding Pangu's primordial spirit could this great cycle be stopped.
Fifteen hundred years ago, Pangu's primordial spirit, sleeping beneath the sea, transformed into the Sea-Calming Needle. The Stone Monkey of Flower-Fruit Mountain happened upon it, giving rise to the awe-inspiring Monkey King, Sun Wukong. After Tang Sanzang and his disciples journeyed west to obtain the scriptures and achieved enlightenment, Sun Wukong, having fulfilled his merits, became the Victorious Fighting Buddha. He learned the secret of the primordial spirit inside the Sea-Calming Needle and sealed the Golden Cudgel, which held Pangu's primordial spirit, inside Lord Laozi's Eight Trigrams Furnace. Using Samadhi True Fire, he refined it into a divine lamp and placed it deep in the Jade Pool. Pangu's giant axe, which had split open the heavens and earth, had become the Giant Spirit God. In the service of the Jade Emperor, he guarded the divine lamp in the Celestial Court.
As time passed, the lampwick was scorched by divine fire until it gained a spirit, cultivated a human form, and called herself Xiao Qian. The Giant Spirit God, charged with guarding the divine lamp, fell in love with Xiao Qian at first sight. Lonely and desolate in the Jade Pool, Xiao Qian longed to see a wider world, so the Giant Spirit God secretly took her away to admire the wonders of the Nine Heavens. Unexpectedly, the Jade Emperor discovered this
