Tales of the Mountains and Seas: Gazing at the Firmament

In the primordial age of the Great Wilderness, the Celestial Emperor Di Jun and the Queen Mother of the West fell in love atop Kunlun. Later, to secure the demon court, Di Jun married Xihe and Changxi. The disappointed Queen Mother of the West became consumed by resentment, giving birth to the Golden Mother’s Heart Demon. The demon plotted the cataclysm of ten suns in the sky and joined forces with the demon clan to launch a massive invasion, devastating the mortal world. Di Jun sacrificed his divine soul and used the Solar Divine Sword to imprison the heart demon’s origin deep beneath Kunlun. He also buried his life-bound weapon, the Fuguang Mountain-Suppressing Sword, deep in the ley lines of the Qinling Mountains, cutting off the demonic energy and protecting the mortal realm. Three thousand years passed, and the seal beneath Kunlun gradually weakened. The Golden Mother’s Heart Demon began to awaken and sent Di Jiang to slaughter Luochun Village, whose people had guarded the divine sword for generations. The youth Tianhun watched as his family and neighbors were all killed. His divine soul was gravely wounded and on the verge of extinction, so the ancient divine beast Bai Ze took him to the Worry-Free Secret Forest. Everyone else who sought to tame a branch of the ancient Ruomu tree had to let go of love and hate and attain a clear heart. Tianhun did the opposite. Relying on the stubborn pride forged by his ocean of blood and hatred, he defied all odds and tamed the ancient Ruomu branch. The divine tree merged with his soul and lived in symbiosis with him, using the life force of primordial chaos to heal his shattered spirit. Bai Ze made a pact with him: Tianhun would travel the mortal world and temper his heart. Only after reaching Chuanyun Pass in the western lands and defeating himself with his own hands could he reclaim the Fuguang Mountain-Suppressing Sword. After leaving the secret realm, Tianhun entered the mortal world for the first time and met Xin Jiu'er in Fengli Town. She was hiding her identity as a member of the fox clan. The girl secretly robbed the rich to help the poor, and after surviving life-and-death dangers together, the two fell for each other. On their journey west, he met Ling Shuangjin, a peerless talent. The three traveled west together, overcoming countless dangers and glimpsing the demon clan’s deeper plans. Along the way, they witnessed the pain of parting, the suffering of the common people, and the shackles of fate. Tianhun gradually saw through the nature of...