The Legend of the Nuwa Maiden: Zizhen, Nuwa's First Clay Creation

Legend says that Nüwa molded humanity from yellow earth in her own likeness. The first person she created was Zi Zhen, who looked exactly like the goddess. She molded several others as well, but only Zi Zhen resembled Nüwa perfectly. Besides people, Nüwa also molded animals, including dragons and phoenixes. She created Zi Zhen to teach the people who came after her, so later generations could not tell whether they were looking at Zi Zhen or Nüwa.

Zi Zhen was the first clay figure molded by Nüwa. She possessed a five-colored, exquisite heart, and was gentle and long-suffering. Her heart belonged entirely to the ancient divine dragon Cang Min, yet during the war between immortals and demons, the immortals branded her a calamity who would unleash demonic energy upon the world. She was sealed away.

Cang Min was pure and aloof, bearing the great duty of the Three Realms while concealing a love for Zi Zhen that ran to the bone. Forced to seal away the woman he loved with his own hands, he tore out his life-protecting scale to safeguard her remnant soul. His immortal roots shattered, and his hair turned white overnight.