One morning in May of Great Han year 2228, the sun had just risen, and its golden rays scattered like shattered gold across every inch of Golden Ring Island, bathing the sea and wooded mountains in a warm halo.
Suddenly, as though summoned by some mysterious force, the heaven and earth spiritual energy within hundreds of millions of miles around Golden Ring Island surged like racing waves toward the sky above a spirit mountain at the island's center. The turbulent spiritual energy grew ever denser, transforming in an instant into heavy dark clouds that blotted out the entire sky and dragged the bright daylight back into nightlike gloom. Only atop the spirit mountain did faint streams of light still flicker.
Liu Changxu, who was meditating atop Peach Blossom Mountain, immediately sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the heaven and earth spiritual energy. He looked toward the gathering energy and understood at once: this was the sign that his wife, Duan Yuwei, was about to undergo her tribulation.
Without pausing to think, Liu Changxu stirred the magic power within his body. His figure became a blur, and a single instantaneous teleportation brought him to the summit of a precipitous peak near the spirit mountain. He gazed solemnly toward its summit, quietly circulating his magic power as he prepared to stand guard over his wife.
Just as Liu Changxu landed, a tall, valiant figure was already standing silently atop the spirit mountain. She wore silver treasure armor flowing with a faint spiritual radiance that accentuated her strong, agile form. Her eyes were bright as stars as she calmly watched the tribulation clouds roiling overhead, an imposing yet steady aura surrounding her. She was none other than Liu Changxu's wife, Duan Yuwei, who had spent more than thirty years in seclusion.
Duan Yuwei soon