The Xianyu Universe

After the ancient Investiture of the Gods, the Human Emperor's fortune was severed, throwing the human race out of balance. The gods and immortals of the heavens were no longer constrained by any countervailing force. As time passed, their Dao hearts decayed, the Celestial Court grew stagnant and diseased, and an order that had endured for countless ages began to crumble. The Chaos Void Demons, lying in wait within primordial chaos for countless eons, seized their chance. They bewitched hearts with illusions and corroded the Dao with obsession, quietly eating away at the laws of the heavens and corrupting the gods' innermost natures. A calamity threatening the Three Realms was drawing near.

Yang Jian, Sun Wukong, and Nezha, the three heroes of old, had long since seen the Celestial Court's afflictions and the flaws of the Heavenly Dao. They defied its laws, challenged Heaven, and broke its rules, not as rebels seeking chaos, but as the earliest pioneers who tried to mend the heavens and save the Dao. But the time was not yet right, and their lone efforts could not overcome the ills of countless ages. The Celestial Court suppressed them and sealed them away, erasing their names from history. The Human Emperor's legacy was wiped out as well, and from then on, the people knew only to worship the gods, unaware that the Heavenly Dao had been damaged.

Millions of years passed in the blink of an eye. Rifts spread through the void, the gods' hearts crumbled, and the Celestial Court teetered on the brink of collapse. The Jade Emperor came to his senses, realizing that the old system had rotted and the old gods could no longer be relied upon. Only by restarting the path could he save the Three Realms from ruin. He therefore issued a secret decree, summoning three ancient gods from their slumber and ordering them to surrender their divine titles, seal their powers, and descend into the mortal world.

The three descended with their broken destinies, seeking the scattered descendants of the Human Emperor and hoping to revive the ancient List of the Worthy, bringing the way of honoring the worthy to the world. They would not judge by whether one was immortal or mortal, noble or lowborn, but gather worthy people from across the land, mend the Heavenly Dao with human hearts, cleanse divine corruption with mortal flames, resist the Chaos Void Demons' invasion, restore order to the Three Realms, and reclaim the ancient ideal of Great Unity.

The barren mountains conceal hidden opportunities, while human hearts reveal what is true and false. As rumors spread, the people slander the Dao, the gods block the way, and chaos invades the heavens, a grand campaign to honor the worthy, spanning the realms of humans, gods, and demons, begins with a thunderous roar.

Theme: The Confucian, Buddhist, and Daoist traditions unite as one.