I am Zhou Tianxu, once a prodigy of the Daoist sect, now the lowest-ranking prison guard in Sin City. My Dao foundation was stolen, my meridians shattered, and the world sees me as a cripple.
In this place of despair, a mysterious old prisoner passed on to me a forbidden ancient scripture: The Sutra of Mortal World Nirvana. It cultivates no spiritual energy and worships no Heavenly Dao. Instead, it tempers the vast mortal world and the karma of humankind. The grudges of the jianghu, the schemes of the court, the tangled bonds of love and hate: all are kindling for my cultivation and karmic fire for tempering my Dao heart.
As a prison guard, I take up my blade and plunge into the storms sweeping the world. The senior fellow disciple who once took everything from me has become the supreme enforcer of Heaven's will. He sees me as an ant defying the Heavenly Dao and wants to erase me from existence.
When he sits high above the nine heavens and unleashes heavenly punishment, I stand with the warmth and bustle of the mortal world at my back, kindling an endless karmic fire.
To this decaying Heavenly Dao, I raise my blade and ask one final question:
“If your rules have become shackles that bind all living beings...”
“Then I shall burn the mortal world into a path, and upon the ruins of eternity...”
“Open a new heaven for humankind!”
