The Supreme Mystic Sage

The emperor revered the Dao, and immortals and gods wished to descend from the heavens. Confucianism dominated the court, with the eastern and western capitals governing the realm. Buddhism flourished among the people, with hundreds of thousands of monks. Heroes and warriors battled across the jianghu, as chaos roiled beneath the skies. … The realm had never truly known peace. For decades, the Great De had fought the Northern Hu before finally forging the Abyssal Pact. Three years later, the Great De suffered a bitter defeat at the Battle of the Abyss against the Northern Hu. It agreed to pay a yearly tribute of a million taels of silver and bolts of silk, and the two sides agreed to fight again in ten years. The following year, the Book of Man, the Book of Earth, and the Book of Heaven descended one after another. Immortals, Buddhas, gods, and demons revealed themselves, evil creatures emerged, and the realm erupted into turmoil. Chen Yuan was merely the son of a low-ranking imperial guard outside the Eastern Capital. He had never imagined that one day he would become the center of the struggle among immortals, Buddhas, gods, and demons.