Spirits of the Mountains and Seas

One day, the little princess of the Heavenly Realm, Qi Yaoxi, breaks the divine artifact Shan Hai Lantern. Its spirit pulls her inside, and she accidentally falls into the mortal world.

The spirit tells her that she must find the fragments of the divine lantern scattered across the mortal realm and restore it to its original form before she can return to the Heavenly Realm.

Knowing she has caused trouble, Qi Yaoxi promises the spirit that she will find the lantern fragments as soon as possible.

Thinking of how this is the little princess's first time in the mortal world, the spirit, which had planned to go back to sleep, deliberates again and again before deciding to stay by her side.

And so, a goddess and a spirit begin their chaotic journey through the mortal world in search of the lantern, eating, drinking, and having fun along the way.

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During their search, Qi Yaoxi meets Pei Minjing, the most celebrated prodigy in the mortal realm today. She had once come across his name by chance while leafing through the mortals' records to pass the time.

Born to a noble family and famous from a young age, this young Sword God made his name throughout the world with a single sword strike at seventeen. His terrifying talent for cultivation left people in awe, unable to hope to match him.

More than all that, what people loved to gossip about was his face, beautiful enough to be called the most stunning in the mortal realm.

For millions of years to come, Qi Yaoxi would always remember that gentle afternoon, when the young man held her halfway in his arms, rested his chin on her shoulder, and wept softly.

Later, he searched the world from the highest heavens to the deepest underworld, but Pei Minjing never again found the girl who had taken his hand and led him, step by step, out of the Nine Continents' Prison.

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Reader's Guide:

This is not a traditional cultivation system. I'm writing what I want to read, with plenty of original worldbuilding, and the whole story is in plain language. If it's not your thing, please don't force yourself to read it.

Synopsis screenshot saved on October 8, 2026.

Theme: All living things endure because spirits are present throughout the world.