Spirits of the Mountains and Seas

The mountains are the Great Ruins, the seas are the Great Void. Within the mountains and seas, where does the spirit dwell?

A young child named Hong was sent by his grandmother to undergo the Celestials' trial, and caught their attention.

But no one had expected that to follow the Celestials beyond the heavens, he would have to make his own way to the Southern Gate of Heaven!

Too young to understand what death was, he watched as one uncle after another and members of his clan slept beneath the earth.

All he knew was that he would have to leave his grandmother. In the end, she forced him up onto the heavenly ladder.

The final words his grandmother spoke before she died echoed in his ears:

"Hong, my grandson, you do not belong to this world. Your parents must be waiting for you beyond the heavens. This is your destiny."

"Go, my grandson! See how truly vast this world is. Do not stay confined to this little corner. Go beyond the heavens, for that is where you belong."

"I, your grandmother, do not want our tribe to become a rope that binds you for the rest of your life."

Those words in his ears gave him the strength to climb the heavenly ladder, cross the Southern Gate of Heaven, and finally step beyond the firmament!

He followed the Celestial to a new world.

But in his heart, a seed of longing had been planted.

After he became the Celestial's disciple, the two gradually grew as close as grandfather and grandson.

That seed grew ever larger.

Only then did he truly come into contact with the Celestials' methods of cultivation.

He took his master's surname and was given the name "Xu Hongzu"!

After enduring countless trials, he finally returned to his homeland.

But the person he had longed for had already passed away. He observed three years of mourning for her and forged his Dao heart.

The Everlasting Palace!

He journeyed through mountains and seas, honing his cultivation, and at last made a name for himself in Guanjiangkou: "Yan Caixia"!

"Grandmother, wait for me..."