Mo Changfeng opened an orphanage where the Three Realms meet.
The seven little ones there each have a terrifying past:
The abandoned baby he found by a sword mound will one day wield a sword that subdues ten thousand immortals. The little mute he brought back from a mass grave will be greeted with a bow by the future Demon Lord. The young bookkeeper he bought back from a caravan can divine the secrets of heaven with a flick of his fingers. The girl he carried back from a drought-stricken village cries once, and land parched for three years gets three days of rain. And then there's five-year-old Shen Wei, whose greatest talents are crying and riding the White Tiger like a horse.
Three rules for the orphanage:
1. Spirit beasts mustn't steal the children's fruit.
2. If you blow up the woodshed, you pay for it yourself.
3. Don't ask what Uncle Bei used to do.
Later, the third rule was broken. The head of an immortal sect came in person, and the Four Lords of the Demon Realm came up the mountain. They stood in a crowd outside the orphanage, respectfully asking the director to reclaim his rightful place.
The seven children held their bowls and all looked toward the man in green robes, who was busy tying a little girl's hair.
Without looking up, the man said, "Get in line. Can't you see I'm busy?"
