In ancient times, during the mythical Sui Dynasty, the fate of the human race was on the verge of changing.
The immortals of the Heavenly Court reincarnated among mortals to seize the fate of the Nine Provinces. In the west, Spirit Mountain began plotting to spread Buddhism eastward under the banner of the state religion.
In this world, humans were no more than ants, while immortals and Buddhas ran rampant.
Here, all beings could cultivate. The Heavenly Venerable of Universal Thunder descended into the world and joined the army as a general. With his Golden-Winged Trident in hand, he could summon the boundless thunder of the Nine Heavens!
Yang Lin loyally defended his country and served his emperor. His twin clubs could shatter mountains and rivers and crush the dragons of the world!
Qin Qiong’s fists could conquer three regions, and his twin maces could subdue six prefectures. With a single breath, he could stir up the waters of the Celestial River!
Li Yuanba could cleave rivers and overturn seas.
The Roc’s true form could slay immortals. Phoenixes called out on Mount Qi, and the Purple Emperor descended into the mortal world. The light of the Imperial Star shone across heaven and earth, heralding the overthrow of Sui and the founding of Tang!
Demons lurked in the north, and Spirit Mountain stood in the west. Beneath Two Realms Mountain, a monkey was sentenced to five hundred years of imprisonment for daring to call himself the Equal of Heaven!
Having transmigrated, he became Yang Guang in the city of Luoyang.
As the conflict between Buddhism and Daoism erupted, one immortal after another reincarnated, and the human race struggled to survive between them, he ascended the throne as the second emperor of Sui.
He made heaven and earth his board, and the immortals his pieces.
A volume of the Fate of the Dynasty Records illuminated the myriad laws of the heavens, gathering the fate of all beings into one and using it to reshape the world, command the fate of the realm, and upend the balance of the Three Realms!
When the schemes of the immortals and Buddhas all came to naught,
Yang Guang gazed down from his dragon boat as it sailed up the Celestial River. The human race raised their swords and cleaved through time. The Three Sovereigns rose, and the emperors severed heaven from earth, vowing to shatter the eternal dominion of the immortals and Buddhas...
“Across this frosty land, all living things...”
“...are free!”
