As the first—and only—historical work ever written by a devil, Ghost Hemp Cloak was delivered at the Longhua Scripture Banquet in Dao Calendar 1321 by Wu Zhaixue of South Mountain Academy!
That Confucian scholar who had fallen to devilry and vanished into the long river of history had, after twists and turns, finally entered the Sun Palace.
Now, beneath the gaze of countless spectators as all heavens watched in silence, controlled by Seven Hates in black, he presented his work.
Though his life and death were in another's hands, though his throat was being clutched tight enough for the veins on his forehead to bulge... his eyes shone brilliantly, his voice rang high, and he spoke with such passion that he was nearly in tears.
A group of like-minded scholars gathered at the former site of Huyang Mountain, determined to uphold the way of the historian, uncover the historical truth of the Battle of Huyang Mountain, discern the past, and illuminate those to come... Such was the origin of South Mountain Academy.
The flame was passed on, generation after generation.
From the full course of the great war between the first Human Emperor and the Kaidao Clan, to the origins of ghosts, and then the birth of devils... generation after generation of great Confucian scholars of South Mountain had been swallowed by ancient history. In the end, South Mountain Academy itself was exiled into time, becoming ruins of history.
Truth had always demanded a price! And that price was often the one who sought the truth.
Wu Zhaixue was an unparalleled prodigy who slept upon books and could receive words in his dreams. At thirteen, he sailed the Sea of Learning; before reaching twenty, he had already "mastered a hundred classics." He was the future upon whom all of South