Ten thousand years ago, during the war between immortals and demons, the Celestial Immortal Heng Yu sacrificed herself for the Way and took her archenemy, the Demon Venerable Xiang Wuchen, down with her.
But because she had accumulated countless merits by holding fast to her principles in life, after death her soul returned to the world and she was reincarnated as the heavenly thunder that enforces the laws of the Six Realms! As luck would have it, she also retained her memories of her previous life.
And so Xiang Wuchen, the former Demon Venerable, was precisely singled out as he went through his cycles of reincarnation. In every life, he was struck by lightning.
Claiming a mountain and robbing travelers? Harmful to the world! Strike!
Raising an army to stage a coup? A menace to the nation and its people! Strike!
Opening gambling dens, smuggling, trafficking in weapons... Strike them all!
Heng Yu frowned. Why does this demon never learn, no matter how many lives he gets?
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Everyone in the Xiang family of the Eastern Continent, in the heartlands of Zhongzhou, knew their clan head had a natural affinity for lightning and was always getting struck by it. This year, he was hit especially hard.
The eighty-year-old pine tree in the courtyard was struck dead, the protective array around the entire mountain was destroyed, and every robot in the family was reduced to scrap metal.
The Xiang family: Our clan head really is a jinx!
Xiang Wuchen looked up at the sky and smiled with confidence. What do you know? This is the Heavenly Dao showing me special favor.
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Later, when turmoil engulfed the mortal world, Heng Yu joined forces with Xiang Wuchen to eliminate the threat and prevent the Demon Venerable from being reborn. A secret realm beneath the South Continent's sea and a maze of ruins in the West Continent brought to light the karmic ties between them from their previous lives.
Xiang Wuchen: I told you the Heavenly Dao favors me!
Heng Yu clutched lightning in her hand. Looks like I'll have to strike you for the rest of your life.
Theme: Raise high the banner of socialism and achieve common prosperity
