Novel description
Sixty thousand years ago, a baby's cries rang out in a palace in the Divine Realm. Before long, the child's mother was accused of consorting with the demon race and imprisoned in the Icy Purgatory, where she suffered the world's bitterest cold. The child vanished without a trace.
Sixty thousand years later, rumors of that child began circulating once more in the Divine Realm. Just then, a strange little boy dressed in red appeared before the gods. His arrival shocked everyone and brought disaster back to the Divine Realm after a long era of peace.
Ever since little Zhi'an can remember, the only people by his side have been his senior brother Ming Mingde and his master Xuanpin. He always believed his master's claim that he was a mischievous little monkey who had popped out of a rock.
But ten thousand years later, his usually stern master became the Primordial God of the Three Realms, and his senior brother became the Emperor who ruled the Celestial Realm. Zhi'an was stunned. Then he accidentally trespassed into a forbidden area and learned the truth about his mother from the God of Prophecy.
Only then did little Zhi'an realize how long his master had been deceiving him. Hoping to learn more about his mother's whereabouts from the God of Prophecy, he agreed to go to the mortal realm and retrieve the god's lost artifact.
At the same time, furious, he confronted his master about the truth of what had happened all those years ago. All he got in return was his master's coldness and his senior brothers' lack of understanding.
Heartbroken, he watched the bond between master and disciple begin to fracture. During a battle with his master, he used a trick to escape and made his way to the mortal realm. Less than a day after he left the Divine Realm, he was declared a criminal against the Three Realms. Whoever captured him and brought him back to the Divine Realm would be immediately granted godhood.
Bonus scene: One day, he arrived at a village in the mortal realm and suddenly encountered a little female demon being pursued by villains. She ran behind him and cried for help. Seeing a group of burly men chasing a defenseless little girl, kindhearted Zhi'an scared them off with a single look. But although the villains ran away, the little female demon clung to him, utterly determined to follow him.
Little female demon: "Where are you going? Can I come with you?"
Little Zhi'an said coldly, "No."
"Why not?"
"No reason."
"Please?"
"No."
"Come on."
"You can't."
"You just saved me. I have to repay you."
Out loud: "..."
In his head: "What a handful."
P.S. The female lead appears, but not until later.
Theme: Growing through adversity and soaring above it
