Chen Chuyi, a little land immortal who usurped another’s place, uses Granny’s Temple on Anhe Mountain as his base, ruling over one mountain, two towns, three townships, and four villages.
His main daily activity is “drawing a salary without doing any work.” Every so often, he goes down the mountain to deal with trivial matters and neighborhood squabbles.
Looking back on his life as an immortal, Chen Chuyi thinks the worst thing he ever did was pick up strays.
Several thousand years ago, he picked up a child by the river at Jiangdu. The child ended up clinging to him, and he had to be both father and mother.
Later, he found a fragment of a soul in the Celestial Realm and nurtured it in his immortal palace. But while he was away traveling, the little spirit set fire to the palace, then left without a word.
Little land immortal of Anhe Mountain x ferryman of the River of Forgotten Souls
Theme: Life and death are unpredictable; every gathering must end in parting
