Yang Jian and Yang Chan were siblings by blood, but they were not without other relatives. In this Primordial World, they still had an uncle. Yes, the very man they regarded as their mother's killer-the former Jade Emperor, now the Immortal Lord of Response Throughout the World, Haotian.
After the seventh of the Seven Fairies, Zi'er, had her immortal bones stripped away, fell to mortality, lived through birth, aging, sickness, and death, and vanished from the world, the grieving Haotian visited the Golden Mother of Jade Pool, whom Nuwa had confined as punishment. Their Yin-Yang energies mingled, and they had another daughter: the eighth fairy, Lu'er.
Born only after the Investiture of the Gods had ended, this little fairy knew little about Yao Ji's mortal longing. She only knew that the Yang Family Siblings were at odds with her father, but she did not care. Since they were all relatives, she felt there was no misunderstanding they could not resolve. Yang Jian was her cousin, so she could be close to him too.
Besides, although she knew little about Yao Ji, she had heard plenty of stories about King Wu's campaign against King Zhou. Her cousin Erlang appeared in them many times, always awe-inspiring, with glorious achievements in battle. As a result, she looked up to this cousin of hers.
Previously, she had stayed in the Immortal Lord's Residence and rarely visited the South Heaven Gate. Later, she happened to learn from her father, Haotian, that the cousin Erlang she admired was also in the Heavenly Court, on duty at the South Heaven Gate. So she ran out of the Immortal Lord's Residence and came here to pester Yang Jian, hoping he would teach her spells.
Of course, learning spells was merely a pretext. Her true aim was to draw