Tian Xiaoyao, heir to the Tian clan's main lineage, was a spoiled good-for-nothing mocked by everyone until the age of thirteen. Born with an ordinary body and unwilling to endure bitter training, he spent his days fooling around and following his whims, using a sly, carefree facade to conceal his keen insight and deep cunning.
To cleanse his marrow and reshape his constitution, his grandfather Tian Zhenshan, a grandmaster at the Transformation Realm, takes him down the mountain to buy pills. On their way through Soulbreak Gorge, the two are ambushed in a deadly trap laid by the Nine Nether Demon Abyss, the Shadow Tower, and the Southern Border demon clan. To protect his only grandson, the old man burns through the essence of a lifetime at the Transformation Realm and dies fighting. At that moment, the ancient Qilin Sacred Water constitution sleeping within Tian Xiaoyao is unlocked.
