The Wonderful Tale of a Mortal's Cultivation to Immortality: Hai Rui

The protagonist of this novel, Hai Rui, has weathered the storms of officialdom. In the Ming Dynasty, he has grown disillusioned with the realities of life in government.

After the storms of life comes clear skies. So he resolves to resign from office and retire deep in the mountains and forests.

He brings his family to Shimen Sacred Mountain in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang region. There, he begins an unpredictable journey of mortal cultivation.

With the wholehearted help of his virtuous wife and loving mother, the Fairy Caiyun, and his master, Daoist Qingfeng, Patriarch Bodhi,

he opens up the path from mortal to celestial immortal. He sheds his mortal body and escapes the cycle of birth, aging, sickness, and death in the earthly realm. He crosses the Thunder Pool Boundary and dares to draw his sword.

He bravely transmigrates across planets and through the Taiji starry skies, arriving in a land of bliss and escaping the so-called six paths of reincarnation.

This is all because, back in the earthly realm, he solved cases impartially and diligently, laying a solid foundation for his mortal journey to cultivation and immortality.

Now, quite naturally, he has become a promising candidate for the path from mortal cultivator to immortal.

So Heaven convenes a meeting with the celestial ministers, gods, goddesses, and heroic immortals.

They decide to take in Hai Rui, the good-hearted upright official.