Seven Luminaries Subdue the Mountain: The Obsidian Womb

In Shoushan Village beneath Qiyue Ridge, seven obsidian stones have been worshipped for generations. The villagers know only that each stone seals away a lamp that never goes out, but no one remembers that eighteen years ago, there were eight bowls in the Hall of the Lamp Keepers.

On the day black clouds pressed down over the mountain, demon soldiers stormed the village. Chi Heng of the Body Luminary, Wen Zhu of the Moon Luminary, Zhu Feng of the Wind Luminary, Zi Gui of the Artifact Luminary, Cang Lan of the Water Luminary, Qing Yan of the Fire Luminary, and the medicine cultivator Jing Chang awoke one after another from the stones. They had lost their memories of the past, but some lingering feeling of familiarity in their bodies made them turn back to save people again and again. Meanwhile, a black furnace deep in the mountain recorded their powers, their pain, and the weaknesses they struggled hardest to overcome.

When the demon cores of the Five Miasma Lords had all been fed to the furnace, the seven finally understood: the one imprisoned in the Black Obsidian Womb was no inborn evil, but Xingyao Xuanye, who should have maintained the paths of the Seven Luminaries. Eighteen years ago, he took on the fear, anger, and weakness that did not belong to him, enduring them in place of his seven elder brothers. Then, behind a door no one remembered, he waited for eighteen years.

This time, all seven must answer the same question: To save a mountain, must they sacrifice an eighth person again?