Beneath the Nine Nether Yin Mountain, an immortal stone lay dormant for ten thousand years. Then, one day, it split open and gave birth to a being. Silver-haired and violet-eyed, he carries the Yin energy of the Nine Netherworlds. His name is nowhere to be found in the records of the Hall of Senluo, nor does it appear in the Book of Life and Death. King Qinguang is at a loss, and he smashes the offering table before the City God Temple. The Giant Spirit God retreats, while he questions the laws of Heaven outside the Ghost Gate. Heaven cannot command him, Earth cannot control him. He lies beyond the Three Realms and outside the Five Elements.
From the underworld to the mortal world, from the earthly realm to the celestial palace, Shi Yin Zi steadily walks a path no one has ever trod. At the Peach Banquet, he coolly asks what use the peaches are. Before the main hall of Lingshan, he raises his sword and defies Heaven, demanding answers from the Tathagata. The Celestial Court cannot stamp its seal on him, and Lingshan cannot guide his heart. Zhuang Zhou teaches him the art of guarding his heart, and the Perfected Jade Cauldron passes on the Eighty-Nine Mysteries. He establishes a sect and teachings on Black Wind Mountain, then takes charge of the Daoist order at the Three Origins Assembly.
When Japanese Yin-Yang Masters invade, he leads the Daoist order eastward and answers killing with killing. When the Western gods come knocking, he commands the allied armies of the Three Realms, sealing Heaven and splitting the earth. When the Ghost Emperor of the Nine Netherworlds breaks free, he joins forces with the Great Sage Equal to Heaven to slay the ghosts and suppress the prison. When the Celestial Fox Alliance crosses realms to attack, he stands before the sword formation and demands that the void answer for its crimes. From a stubborn stone to the commander of the Three Realms' alliance, from being cursed as a “fiend” to receiving an imperial pardon and iron certificate from the Jade Emperor in the Hall of Miraculous Mists, he walks this path not to become an immortal or a Buddha, but to ask Heaven's laws and Buddha's commandments one question: Why?
On Lingshan, he stands shoulder to shoulder with Wukong. Five hundred years of pent-up frustration come pouring out as the two stones unite and storm the Great Hall. Fuxi's divine consciousness reappears, and he returns to the heavens with the Yin and Yang stones. From that day on, there is no Tathagata in the Three Realms, nor Shi Yin or Wukong. Yet the Three Origins banner still flies on Black Wind Mountain, and the Daoist flame spreads through every forgotten corner of the Three Realms.
Heaven's mandate can be defied, and rules can be broken. Wherever his violet gaze falls, a new journey begins.
