When heaven and earth first formed, the Formless Stone absorbed the will of all living beings and maintained order across the Three Realms. The Formless Clan guarded it, living in seclusion from generation to generation and staying out of all disputes.
But countless ages later, the Immortal Realm’s supreme ruler coveted the power of the divine stone and colluded with the Demon Realm to slaughter the sacred grounds. The stone shattered, the Formless Clan was nearly wiped out, and its surviving bloodline scattered among mortals.
In a frigid city on the northern frontier, the orphan Su Danyan huddled in a ruined temple. He had no idea that a fragment of stone falling from the sky was about to hurl him into the maelstrom of conflict between immortals and demons across the myriad heavens. It was the last fragment of the Formless Stone. And he was the last clan leader of the Formless Clan.
The immortal and demonic factions came after him one after another. A more dangerous enemy was closing in: Yin Wuxie, the supreme ruler’s adopted daughter and the Heavenly Secrets Hall’s chief assassin, a sword of slaughter that had never failed. Ordered to kill Su Danyan, she found herself wounded by the light in his eyes with every confrontation. The sword, tempered for countless ages by the supreme ruler, had developed a will of its own for the first time.
At the Altar of Heaven, the supreme ruler used the blood sacrifice of countless lives to draw out the Formless Stone’s origin power. The Three Realms were on the verge of returning to chaos. In the final battle at the Southern Heavenly Gate, Su Danyan plunged into a sea of clouds. At death’s door, he grasped the true meaning of formlessness: true power lay not in taking, but in protecting.
But the out-of-control origin power of the Formless Stone began devouring the Three Realms. The Heavenly Dao revealed the only way out: to suppress the Dao with his own body.
He looked back at the woman who had once tried to kill him. In that glance were regret, tenderness, and a calm that transcended life and death.
“Live on, and see whether this world is worth protecting.”
Silver light burst forth. The orphan who had crawled out of a ruined temple became an eternal radiance suspended above the ninth heaven.
Millions of years later, before the Steadfast Hearts Monument, a woman in white laid down a bundle of starlight grass.
“This world really is beautiful. Can you see it?”
A piece of gravel changed the fate of a street boy. He is the last leader of the Wuxiang Clan. She was the adopted daughter of the Supreme Being, and she was ordered to take his life. But her sword never fell. During the battle at Nantianmen, he fell into the sea of clouds and realized the true meaning of formlessness: the real power is not to plunder, but to protect. When the Three Realms were about to return to chaos, he chose to use his body to control the way and turned into a silver glow hanging in the sky. This is a story about protection, sacrifice and redemption. Read to the end and you will find that the light has never been extinguished.
When writing this story, I often thought, if I were Sudanyan, what would I choose? The answer is I don't know. But I know that there are always people in this world who are silently guarding you. If you read to the end and see that silver glow, please believe - that light has never been extinguished. Thank you for reading, every comment you make is motivation for me to update. One sentence introduction: A wandering boy picked up a piece of gravel and was drawn into the whirlpool of the gods and demons. He didn't have the pleasure of changing his fate against the will of heaven, but he only had the determination to control the way with his own body. Introduction to the work: The phaseless stone collapsed, and the phaseless clan was exterminated. In Hancheng in the north, Sudan Yan, a homeless orphan, picked up the last piece of gravel and became the last leader of the Wuxiang clan. Immortals and demons chased him, the Supreme set up an ambush, and the sword of his adopted daughter Yin Wuxie was once pressed against his throat. But she found that the light of this young man was more difficult to look away from than the supreme pressure. During the decisive battle at Nantianmen, he fell into the sea of clouds and attained enlightenment on the verge of death. When the out-of-control origin swallowed up the three realms, he chose to use his body to calm the way and turned into a silver glow hanging in the sky. Highlights of the work: 1. A complete worldview: the self-consistent chain of the phaseless stone—the power of the will of all living beings—the order of the three realms 2. Character arc: Yin Wuxie's transformation from "knife" to "human" is the most touching part of the whole play 3. The theme is profound: no form is not ruthless, protection is strength, and it is against the "shuangwen" routine 4. Emotional restraint: No nonsense and sensationalism, rely on plot and details to impress people