The Mountain Spirit's Flower Coins

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Immortals, ghosts, demons, and monsters vanished two hundred years ago. No one in the cultivation world has ascended since, and the immortal sects have all switched to martial arts, training their bodies and roaming the martial world.

Jian Liuguang is the only evil ghost left in the mortal realm. He keeps a low profile amid the crowds and doesn't dare make a peep.

He thought he could live out his life quietly, until he met the ill-intentioned master of the Haomiao Pavilion, who insisted he was the chosen one and forced him into the mountains to cultivate.

How others increase their spiritual energy: practice martial arts, study books, and take miraculous pills!

How Jian Liuguang increases his spiritual energy: burn some spirit money for himself, then burn some gold ingots... Mmm, so nourishing!

Perhaps because spiritual energy was scarce and mortals were so useless, Jian Liuguang kept burning offerings and nourishing himself until, quite by accident, he became

The greatest hero under heaven.

Just then, demons and monsters broke through the immortal world's restraints and returned in force. The people of the world actually begged him to come out of seclusion, slay the demons and ghosts, and save humanity!

Jian Liuguang, feeling guilty: Why don't you ask someone else first?

He looked back at the martial world, then saw the diversity of its inhabitants... Never mind, I'll do it.

Mortals don't know that he was the one who brought the demons and monsters back to the human world.

He doesn't know it himself, either.

Not until he attained immortality and the immortals told him.

A ghost-face coin worn at the waist can summon thunder to destroy evil and dispel misfortune, bringing blessings. This is known as a Mountain Ghost Flower Coin.

Reader's Guide:

1. Strange tales of ghosts and demons, with xianxia adventures, roaming the world, singing as they go, and vanquishing evil.

2. Not a standard cultivation progression system. Lots of personal worldbuilding. You could call it a spiritual energy revival story (?).

3. The prologue involves court intrigue and serves as a little setup. You can go straight to the main story without affecting the plot. Please use the tone and style of the main story as your guide.

Theme: A stubborn stone would rather shatter itself, just to serve as a stone used by Nuwa to mend the sky.