The Daoist's Legend

Patriarch Bodhi said, “This is an extraordinary path. It steals the workings of creation from Heaven and Earth and plumbs the mysteries of the sun and moon. Once the elixir is complete, even ghosts and gods will not tolerate you. Though it preserves your appearance and prolongs your life, after five hundred years, Heaven will send a thunder calamity to strike you. Another five hundred years later, it will send a fire calamity to burn you, and five hundred years after that, a wind calamity will come to blow you away.”

To defy Heaven, you must endure three calamities. If you survive them, your lifespan will rival Heaven’s; if you fail, you will be reduced to ashes…