It Turned Out We Were Master and Disciple, You and I, and All That Came Before

"Supreme One, Star of the Dipper, whose transformations never cease."

"Drive away evil and bind demons; protect my body and preserve my life."

From the top of Square Inch Mountain came the clear, peaceful sound of reading and reciting scripture. Hundreds of years had passed, yet the Bodhi who had once been a young man still looked like a youth. His features were bright and refined, and he had only filled out a little since then. Apart from that, he had hardly changed.

Qi WuHuo had laid a solid foundation for him back then. A year of wandering through the Human World had tempered his nature.

Afterward, he entered the sect. The many classics were kept on Square Inch Mountain, with plenty of explanations to go with them. The young man had witnessed his Teacher's final battle and knew what he had done, knew that he had taken on an even greater burden. Though young, he was perceptive, and his heart was clear. He did not resent his Teacher.

After the old man came and told him everything, he had instead rejoiced that his Teacher's Dao had not been extinguished.

From then on, for hundreds of years, he cultivated alone without pause, and at last achieved something.

Qi WuHuo's lineage traced back to the Dao Ancestor and placed the greatest importance on insight. His Daoist nature and state of mind had already been established; the methods lay right behind him. As long as he had sufficient insight and a clear heart, every gesture and movement would embody the Great Dao. Divine abilities, too, were his to choose at will. Though he had cultivated without pause all these years, he had not shut himself away on Square Inch Mountain.

His Teacher's wife often came to visit. When he reached the True