Chronicles of the Immortal Tribulation: The Cultivator

Deep in the Mingyue Mountains of eastern Sichuan stands a three-zhang-tall stone gate of blue-gray rock. The lintel is engraved with the words “Fengmenpu.” The gatekeeper, Cai Jing, has been here for 1,846 years. He was once a farmer beneath Mount Kuocang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The immortal Wang Yuan gave him a golden pill, and from then on his soul never dispersed. He has guarded the only passage between the mortal world and the realm of the immortals ever since.

In 2026, archivist Bao Zhongyuan returns to his hometown for a funeral and accidentally wanders into Fengmenpu. Cai Jing opens a yellowed book. “I’ve waited 1,846 years for you. You’re the one who came to open the gate.”

Over the next seven days, Cai Jing begins his tale with Pangu creating the world, then tells how Nuwa burned her hands while patching the sky...