[JX3] Why Can't Chong Xuzi Ascend to Immortality?

Alas, white crane, suddenly bereft of its mate; the sound of Yuan Yuan, lingering through countless turns; searching the blue heavens and the nine springs, looking all around in vain; beating thunder and summoning rain, crying beneath the clouds and into the sky.

Alas, white crane, suddenly bereft of its child; its ringing cry, like the clash of metal and stone; sword in beak, racing after the moon and chasing the sun; even if I find a nest in the clouds, it is not a branch where I can rest.

Alas, white crane, suddenly bereft of its path; the road ahead is vast and dim, the way home a distant dream; black hair turns white, and snow gathers on the bamboo; heart's blood coughed up, the jade flute plays to the end.

Eight years after the death of his senior disciple Yang Hongying, Chongxu Zi Pei Jiang saves an assassin in Chang'an.

Lingxue Pavilion's Alluring Sword, Si Zhuliang.

The path of cultivation is hard, and worldly affairs are many. At the final step, an old acquaintance arrives. Is this Heaven's will, or isn't it?

Even after entering the Dao, one is still a mortal, bound by the flesh and unable to escape the ways of the world.

So it's perfectly obvious why Chongxu Zi can't ascend, isn't it?

Chongxu Zi: struck by lightning at birth, an unconventional Sword Pure, master. Pei Jiang. Si Zhuliang: undercover in Pure Yang, faked his death to escape, had his bones reshaped and appearance changed, disciple.

Because you opened your eyes to the mortal world, you abandoned the profound, forsook the truth, and ruined your Daoist body.

The whole world is pitiful beneath the fire of tribulation. Watch the sword of passion sever the root of passion.

Before reading, please note:

01. The original draft was an idea I came up with when I was a novice in elementary school. It was extremely self-indulgent, and Chongxu's characterization was vague back then, so Mengyang has to be moved down a generation. There is plenty of made-up stuff, and the map is a mess.

02. Pei Jiang is the main viewpoint character. The protagonist is broadly speaking a saintly martyr who gets the short end of the stick. The couple has a ten-year age gap. The key to the master-disciple dynamic is the forbidden aspect, so don't read it if that's not your thing.

03. I've been away from the game for years and forgotten just about everything. If I hadn't found my childhood notebook, I wouldn't have remembered that I ever played it. [Skyward Cry (Black Crane's Cry)] [Alluring (Fire in the Tunnel)] are just names I liked for their looks, so I changed them heavily. The Lingxue storyline is made up based on official settings. There will be a side couple and some personal headcanons. For the sake of the plot, I may alter Gu Zhilian's storyline.

04. The outline has been heavily revised. The An Lushan Rebellion's impact will be altered, and at most it will become a small-scale rebellion.

05. I'm open to all criticism, but don't bring my parents into it. Please note that the characters' values don't completely represent the author's.

Theme: In this martial world, may none of us be too lonely.