Sixteen years ago, twelve bronze carriages carved with black phoenixes set out from the summit of Kunlun for the fairyland of Penglai.
They say the carriages held twelve mechanical creations, the life's work of the secret arts master Patriarch Mo.
Sixteen years later, Yan Hao, heir to the Wuyan Sect, left Penglai with the Taiyi Spear and entered the martial world.
It was a time of chaos, with conflicts erupting everywhere, but the young sect master Yan Hao cared about only one thing: who was the greatest under heaven?
The City Lord of Sunset City ruled over the southern frontier and practiced both medicine and poison, yet turned out to be a sickly weakling in person. Sword Immortal Dugu Dongshi was so tormented by love that he became a drunken wreck who could no longer lift his sword. The twin-blade smith of the blade-and-axe family would wail and carry on whenever he lost.
Yan Hao helped the twin-blade smith to his feet and told him to take it easy.
The smith sobbed, "If even you can beat me, what right do I have to compete for Patriarch Mo's black-gold puppets?"
Yan Hao glanced at the twelve black-gold mechanical creations in his pocket and tossed the twin-blade smith aside.
"So that's why you all gathered at Kunlun. You're here to steal something?"
With that, he hoisted the Taiyi Spear onto his shoulder and headed for the mountaintop.
[Notes]
1. The heroine is a young prodigy and the heir to both the Wuyan Sect and Patriarch Mo.
2. The twelve mechanical creations are beast-shaped puppets cast from black gold. They can grow or shrink: at their largest, they stand half as tall as a mountain; at their smallest, they fit in a pocket.
Theme: A battle between evenly matched opponents is what makes things fun.
