Late in the fifth year of King Zhou's reign
A brutal battle between humans, immortals, and demons? broke out beyond the magnificent walls of Chentang Pass! The terrifying flames and might, enough to scorch the heavens and boil the seas, frightened the tens of thousands of people inside the pass so badly that for days, many of them didn't dare walk along the main road in front of the gates. They were afraid the poisonous heat left by the fire, though it had already gone out, might still harm them.
Yes, in the eyes of the ordinary people of Chentang Pass, the great fire unleashed by a monster had to be some kind of dreadful poisonous flame. If anyone went near it, they might be injured—or even killed!
Fortunately, afterward, the Great Shang general who had guarded the area for many years—the commander of Chentang Pass, Li Jing—quickly put up a new notice. Thanks to the official clarification and apology, the people of Chentang Pass finally learned the truth of what had happened...
As it turned out,
on Cloud-Out Peak of Cui Ping Mountain, forty li from Chentang Pass, at the summit of the peak that no one could climb—not even the monkeys—there lived a Flame Immortal who had once helped the people of Chentang Pass slay demons and vanquish monsters, then left without taking credit?
As it turned out,
the golden-haired, blue-eyed little girl wasn't some man-eating, fire-setting demon at all. She was a virtuous cultivator with profound knowledge of the Dao? And the fire demon's killing and arson from a while back, which had grown more and more exaggerated as the rumors spread, had actually been nothing but a misunderstanding caused by a series of coincidences?!
The ordinary people of Chentang Pass didn't dig too deeply into what