Qingyun Sect has one ironclad rule: when the sky falls, go to the senior brother first.
Senior Brother Xie Yunzhang is gentle, upright, and skilled at dealing with everyone, the most respectable "other people's child" the immortal sects have seen in a century. Then, the year of the sect competition, a black-clad youth bristling with murderous intent crawled out of the sword mound. Their master said, "You take care of him."
So the whole sect watched as their radiant, celebrated senior brother acquired a silent "tail" behind him.
Pei Ji was stubborn, cold, and fierce. Everyone avoided him like the plague.
Only Xie Yunzhang dared to ruffle his hair, tell him "A fierce blade doesn't make a fierce person," and stake his position as senior brother on vouching for him before the punishment hall. When Pei Ji's killing intent stirred, only Xie Yunzhang could call him back, one word at a time.
Five years as fellow disciples, ten years side by side. From the sect competition to a treasure hunt in the black market, from the Buddhist pagodas of the western desert to the snowy plains of the northern frontier, the truth about Xie Yunzhang's identity was exposed before everyone, and Pei Ji's bloodline made him a target of all. Only then did the world learn:
The so-called foremost senior brother of the immortal sects had never been protecting just one sect or faction.
And the so-called half-demon, hunted by everyone, was the last true thing left in this world.
Two hundred years after the Xuanxiao Sect was wiped out, an eleven-character blood letter read: "My son, think no more of revenge. Home is wherever you are safe."
For two hundred years, the Immortal Alliance had plotted in secret, raising demons to open the gate and sacrificing every member of four sects for its own ascension.
And five people swore a blood oath beneath the moonlight of Tingxue Peak.
"We'll investigate as far as we can. If we die before we finish, then that's fate."
"Anyone who touches him will have to answer to my sword."
"I seal the gate with my blood. If the gate stands, so will I."
"This sword is for the fourteen hundred souls of Xuanxiao. This blade is for my parents, and for three thousand years of the Demon Realm."
Theme: Stand together to break through the deadlock
