Great Demon

Everyone in the Tianmin Kingdom knows that Mount Buzhou broke long ago.

The only thing connecting Mount Buzhou to the moon now is a bridge of spiritual energy.

The demigods of the Tianmin Kingdom spend their lives protecting the bridge's wards. Only then will their souls be allowed to seek work in the Moon Palace after death. This is the faith of the Tianmin demigods, and their only path to eternal life after death.

But before the dead demigods can seek work in the Moon Palace, they must first pass through the Tide of Guanyin.

Once inside the Tide of Guanyin, celestial robes will choose souls of their own accord. Those whose souls are compatible with the robes will cross the bridge of spiritual energy and enter the Moon Palace to live forever.

Those who are not compatible will have their souls dissipate within seven days, never to enter the cycle of reincarnation again.

So the garments made in the Tide of Guanyin are no ordinary clothes. They determine a demigod's past and future, and embody the merits and misdeeds of their life.

Xuan Shu is the tailor of the Tide of Guanyin, and the last true god in the world.

After Gonggong angrily struck Mount Buzhou, its roots remained in the west of the Tianmin Kingdom while its peak broke off onto the moon. The moon, once connected to the Tianmin Kingdom, drifted farther and farther away.

During the day, no one can see the broken mountain or the bridge of spiritual energy on the moon. Only on rainy days does a huge gray-white pillar appear faintly in the sky. When the winds rage, white birds can be seen circling it.

Only Xuan Shu knows that they are not white birds at all, but white foxes truly guarding the bridge of spiritual energy.

Yet all the demigods and subjects of the Tianmin Kingdom agree that the white foxes are a source of calamity, evil creatures.

Every demigod says that Xuan Shu's having taken in a white fox proves he has become a great demon and incurred the true god's curse.

So the people of the Tianmin Kingdom first drove out the white foxes, then Xuan Shu.

Only after all his relatives had been killed or driven away did Xuan Shu finally understand: it was not Mount Buzhou that had broken apart. The moon itself had chosen to leave the Tianmin Kingdom.

The demigods who had been protected by the moon for generations had long since forgotten their faith. Now they were merely using their title of demigods to carry out an elaborate scheme.

That scheme was driving the moon, and the only true god, away from all living beings.

Theme: Justice may be difficult, but it is still worth pursuing.