Hanlang, the Human God. Legend says that when Heaven's Gate opened atop Mount Fanghu to appoint new gods, and the great flood ravaged the mortal world, she was to be crowned Human Emperor in the upper realm, the foremost of the Three Sovereigns.
But she named herself the Human God and refused her appointment in Heaven. With one strike of her sword, she slew the Kunlun Beast and stopped the flood. With another, she shattered Heaven's Gate, forever separating the immortal and mortal realms.
One sword to slay the Kunlun Beast, one sword to shatter Heaven's Gate: the clearest proof of her power.
It is said that today's Mount Tianmen is the very same Mount Fanghu, the site of that ancient battlefield.
It is also said that the Heavenly Book, once responsible for appointing the gods, eventually withdrew to Mount Fanghu, where it still carries out its duty. But without Heaven's Gate, those deities have no choice but to dwell in the mortal world.
No one knows where she went after that battle.
Later generations painted her likeness as a divine image to ward off demons and monsters, and sayings arose such as “Hanlang is here, demons and monsters flee” and “Hanlang is here, immortals and gods yield.”
But these customs gradually faded from memory over time.
What a pity no one knows that this once mightiest of humans became a cute wolf-eared girl because of a bet.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Think. Spend the rest of your eternal, immortal life thinking, and use those thoughts to entertain me.”
