Stoneborn

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Mo Shisheng 203
Alias(es)	Stoneborn (石生); Immortal of Primordial Wind and Fire 127 583
Species/Race	Human immortal cultivator 241 708
Gender	Male 337
Affiliation	Qiankun Lineage; Mo Household of Mingzhou City, Tea Province 211 552
Occupation/Role	Yi Shuyuan’s eldest disciple; immortal cultivator trained in storytelling and transformation arts 545 706
Status	Alive; participating in the investigation of Hong Ye’s exploitation of children 876

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Disciple cultivation, before the immortal foundation	127	Yi Shuyuan hopes Stoneborn and Qi Zhongbin will forge their immortal foundations and manifest their inner furnaces before their next reunion.
Immortal foundation established	239 240 241	Forges his foundation in a Broad South Mountain stream. His inner transformation resonates with Yi Shuyuan’s creation of the Heaven-Turning Furnace, forming an immortal furnace within his body that refines spiritual essence into immortal magical power.
Foundation in the Way of Transformation	255	Gains understanding by observing winds, clouds, and seasonal changes while spending more than half a year without using immortal arts.
Fish transformation understood and manifested	455 462	Years of watching fish culminate in a dream breakthrough, aided by Xiaorong splashing pond water onto him. He subsequently demonstrates an Earthly Fiend Transformation into a golden carp.
Cultivation through mortal household life	705 708	His changing appearance and experience of ordinary family life deepen his understanding of the Dao of Qiankun. He recognizes that extraordinary origins do not remove a cultivator’s place among mortals.
Dream-based manifestation refined	710	Together with Qi Zhongbin, develops their earlier method of taking mortals on supernatural journeys. Their manifested forms convey genuine sensations without removing their souls from their bodies.
Renewal after bereavement	868	After his father’s funeral, returns to a sixteen- or seventeen-year-old appearance while retaining his understanding of life. Yi Shuyuan approves of his ability to transcend grief without abandoning affection; no new named realm is stated.

Background / History

Stoneborn’s fate is closely connected to He Xin and a spiritually awakened mountain stone. Yi Shuyuan originally collected a pale-yellow stream stone for use as an inkstone; it later developed spiritual nature and was entrusted to He Xin to carry across the River of Forgetfulness into her next life. Years afterward, Yi identifies He Xin as the person whose existence made Stoneborn who he is 16 95 184 186.

Raised in the Mo Household in Mingzhou City, Stoneborn becomes Yi Shuyuan’s disciple while still a small child. He initially fears that his master’s departures mean he has done something wrong. His family nevertheless accepts his opportunity to cultivate, despite their reluctance to let him leave home 127 211.

Appearance

Stoneborn’s outward age changes substantially during his cultivation and life among mortals 376 454 705 868.

• Childhood: Appears eight or nine during the journey into Great Yan, with delicate, jade-like features 376.
• Young adulthood: Grows tall and straight-backed, reaching approximately his father’s height 454.
• Middle-aged household life: Appears clean-shaven, scholarly, and dignified. His aging reflects his experience of mortal life rather than the loss of his inner liveliness 544 705.
• Later years with his father: Has graying hair and a grizzled beard while remaining upright in bearing 862 867.
• After bereavement: Resumes a youthful appearance of sixteen or seventeen, with renewed vitality and an immortal grace 868.

Personality

Stoneborn is affectionate, playful, and eager for his master’s approval. As a child, he clings to Yi Shuyuan after long separations, boasts about his abilities, and bickers with Hui Mian. He can also be easily distracted: his sudden attempt to look industrious at calligraphy practice gives away his fear of being caught slacking 186 211 382.

His sense of justice is direct and outspoken. He intervenes when a Flood Dragon threatens children, questions the acceptance of wrongdoing by powerful families, and objects to the White Feather Way driving ordinary people out of the street. Despite his courage, he worries that his attack may have killed the dragon and is relieved to discover it survived 263 264 270 376.

He becomes more restrained with experience. He apologizes rather than prolonging a dispute over a spiritual herb, accepts that a coveted pill has gone to another cultivator, and respects Xiaorong’s decision to marry instead of pursuing immortality. His later maturity preserves his warmth rather than replacing it with detachment 265 545 548 868.

Family remains central to his life. He protects Xiaorong from infancy, shares spiritual benefits with his relatives, and spends long periods living in the Mo Household. Following his father’s death, he carries his grief without becoming either cold or overwhelmed 337 479 705 868.

Abilities & Skills

Immortal Furnace and Magical Power

• His immortal foundation contains an inner furnace that converts spiritual essence into immortal magical power 241.
• Huang Hongchuan finds his immortal spirit qi exceptionally refined: it integrates with his body and spells without dispersing when a spell ends 241.
• His natural gifts favor water, while fire is comparatively weak. Yi Shuyuan warns that this imbalance could expose him to a future calamity of water and fire 262.
• Early in his cultivation, his magical power is still limited despite its purity. His treasures make him formidable before he has learned many immortal arts 262 264.

Water Control and Affinity

• His response to a Broad South Mountain stream awakens rain immediately before his foundation-forging 239.
• Demonstrates unusually fluid Water Control to Huang Hongchuan and uses a thin film of water to clean earth-spirit ginger precisely 241 265.
• Communicates with or influences fish, quietly steering them away from Yi Yong’an’s fishing net 416.

Heaven and Earth Transformation

• Learns transformation through observation and inward understanding, rather than merely copying an outward shape 255 455.
• Finds the “fish in his heart” by experiencing the fish’s nature from within, enabling his golden-carp Earthly Fiend Transformation 455 462 479.
• His changing age and appearance are themselves described as transformations within the Dao of Qiankun 705.
• Conceals himself with an illusion while checking whether his letter has reassured the Yi family 452.

Dream-Based Manifestation

• Initially relies on Qi Zhongbin’s paired talismans to take Xiaorong to the Heavenly Realm while her physical body remains safely asleep 462.
• Later develops the method with Qi Zhongbin so that mortals travel through dream-borne spirits rather than having their souls extracted 710.
• Manifested travelers can experience genuine sensations and remain unharmed by sunfire 710.
• Injury or death in this state can damage divine sense and cause headaches or discomfort afterward; recovery is possible through rest 710.
• Uses paper figures as vessels for his father and Yi A Bao during their journey 724.

Sympathetic Perception

• Dreams of He Xin’s reincarnated form and senses her distress. An obscuring force initially prevents him from identifying her location 186.
• Perceives her abduction but cannot catch the captor within the vision 187.
• Concentrates through the Universe Ring to sense the wounded Flood Dragon’s condition and confirm that it remains alive 264.
• Disperses the ring’s lingering aura to sever a connection being used by Dragonkind to track him 266.
• Can perceive traces of destiny, including the connection surrounding Yu Xinmei’s acquisition of a Starwoven Pill 548.

Travel and Movement

• Gradually adapts to Yi Shuyuan’s walking rhythm, which follows the circulation of spiritual energy 216.
• Uses Wind Control and can steer a cloud carrying his companions 546 592.
• Handles the Wind-Fire Wheels with exceptional agility shortly after receiving them, including rapid changes of direction through the sky 263.
• Becomes fast enough to serve as an effective messenger between the Southern Sea and the Heavenly Realm 583.

Calligraphy, Storytelling, and Alchemical Knowledge

• His calligraphy evokes flowing water and martial techniques; Yi A Bao later judges it superior to his own 382 452.
• Gives a clear, vivid account of the Demon-Subduing Heavenly Army’s victory, spreading news throughout the Heavenly Realm 583.
• Understands enough alchemical principles to question rumors of a dragon-transforming elixir appearing without suitable foundations or ingredients 707.
• Acknowledges that Yi Shuyuan’s sword and pill-Dao achievements exceed his current understanding 576 580.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Universe Ring — A golden collar worn around his neck, forged by Yi Shuyuan using yin-yang principles and the lineage’s mysteries of heaven and earth. It serves both defense and attack, can enlarge while spinning, and later follows Stoneborn’s intent through remotely directed course changes. He uses it to injure a Flood Dragon and stun fleeing Starwoven Pills 262 264 373 465 546.
• Wind-Fire Wheels — Two golden wheels forged from pure-yin coffin copper and tempered through the Rainwater Tribulation. They draw on wind and fire, help regulate his water-fire imbalance, and allow travel through the heavens or into the sea at speeds comparable to sword flight 262.
• Heavenly Immortal Edict — Initially lent to him by Yi Shuyuan. Its connection lets him locate his master; he is still carrying it years later at home 262 338 454.
• Starwoven Decree — A jade token whose light guides him during the Starwoven Dharma Assembly 454 462.
• Starwoven Pills — Collects three during the assembly’s pill chase. Later distributes pill liquid to his family under the name “Jade Nectar,” visibly rejuvenating his parents 465 479.
• Lotus from Du Xiaolin — Receives one of her two lotus flowers as a parting gift before she leaves for Taiyin Palace 452.

Relationships

• Yi Shuyuan / Yi Daozi — Master. Guides Stoneborn through ordinary hardship, provides treasures tailored to his elemental imbalance, and repeatedly encourages him to value his mortal family 211 262 338 479.
• Qi Zhongbin — Junior disciple and close companion. Their seniority follows entry into the Dao rather than age. They exchange teasing remarks, develop dream-based travel together, and pursue a wandering Starwoven Pill 338 545 710.
• Hui Mian / Senior Gray / Great God Yunlai — Teasing companion and protector. Guards Stoneborn during foundation-forging, accompanies his early independent travels, and offers practical advice in dangerous situations 239 264 266.
• Mo Yiming / Old Master Mo — Father. Stoneborn supports his curiosity about the immortal world, cares for him in old age, and rushes home when a powerful memory draws him away from a banquet 709 862 864.
• Wanrong / Madam Mo — Mother. Deeply misses Stoneborn during his travels and embraces him tearfully when he returns home on the Wind-Fire Wheels 271 864.
• Mo Xiaorong — Younger sister. He watches over her from before birth, takes her to the Heavenly Realm, and accepts her eventual choice of marriage over cultivation 337 462 545.
• Mo Congxian — Younger brother. Entrusted with household responsibilities and one of the Abyssal Glow Pearls as a family heirloom 709.
• He Xin — A crucial destined connection. Her reincarnated form appears in his dreams, and Yi Shuyuan states that Stoneborn would not be who he is without her 184 186.
• Du Xiaolin — Warm, longstanding friend. Gives him a lotus, reunites with him at the Starwoven Dharma Assembly, and maintains contact across long separations 452 462 862.
• Jiang Lang — Trusted elder and protector. Stoneborn reports his encounter with the wicked dragon to him; Jiang promises support if the dragon’s influential family pursues the matter 270.
• Xiao Yong / Lord Jun — Protector and friend. Risks his life to shelter Stoneborn from Dragonkind; Stoneborn obtains an Immortal Elixir for him and later welcomes him despite an awkward encounter during the Mo family’s mourning 268 270 867.
• Yi A Bao — Family friend whom Stoneborn continues to call “Uncle Yi,” despite technically ranking above him through his master’s lineage. Their households maintain contact over the years 705 706.

Story Role / Major Arcs

He Xin’s Reincarnation and the Missing Girl

Yi Shuyuan brings Wang Yunchun to the Mo Residence because Stoneborn’s fate is closely tied to the missing girl Wang seeks. Stoneborn’s recurring dreams reveal a familiar older girl appearing as a crying child. His subsequent perception follows her abduction, although he cannot physically intervene in the vision 184 186 187.

Traveling Education and Immortal Foundation

After three days with his family, Stoneborn leaves with Yi Shuyuan for an education grounded in walking, weather, fatigue, and ordinary living rather than unnecessary magic. His powerful vitality attracts a walking corpse at an abandoned waystation, where a sorcerer saves him and his master 211 213.

The journey includes martial practice alongside Duan Silie and the study of the Returning Origin Art. It eventually leads to Broad South Mountain, where Stoneborn establishes his immortal foundation while Yi Shuyuan forges the Heaven-Turning Furnace 230 239 240.

First Treasures and the Dragon Pursuit

Soon after receiving the Universe Ring and Wind-Fire Wheels, Stoneborn encounters a Flood Dragon threatening children on the coast. Trusting his master’s treasure despite not knowing its full use, he attacks. A subsequent strike shatters the already-wounded dragon’s forehead scales, forcing it to flee 262 263 264.

The pursuit leads Stoneborn and Hui Mian to Heavenly Battle Mountain, where Old Vine and Xiao Yong shelter them. Stoneborn breaks the tracking connection through his ring, later secures an Immortal Elixir for the injured Xiao Yong, and reports the affair to Jiang Lang as instructed. Jiang’s warning about the dragon’s influential relatives confronts him with the difference between justice and political expediency 266 268 270.

Family Life and the Starwoven Dharma Assembly

During an extended stay at home, Stoneborn devotes much of his attention to Xiaorong. When White Robe seeks his help finding Yi Shuyuan, he reunites with his master and is reassured that happiness and family affection are not failures of discipleship 337 338.

While Yi undertakes a nine-year furnace refinement, Stoneborn sends the Yi family a reassuring letter concealing the supernatural circumstances. His later fish-transformation breakthrough prepares him for another heavenly journey: he takes Xiaorong to the Starwoven Dharma Assembly and captures three fleeing pills with the Universe Ring 452 455 462 465.

Mortal Life and Lineage Responsibilities

Stoneborn settles into a mortal household life, partly to continue the Mo family line and answer his parents’ hopes for grandchildren. He nevertheless remains active with his fellow disciples. He and Qi Zhongbin pursue a Starwoven Pill that has become a star, then accept its acquisition by Yu Xinmei rather than trying to seize it 544 545 548.

He rejoins Yi Shuyuan for the campaign against the Untransformable Bone. After the victory, he travels to the Heavenly Realm to obtain the Medicine God Palace’s Pill Scripture Pavilion collection and expert escorts for his master’s work in the Southern Sea 552 567 583.

Family Journeys, Loss, and Renewal

At his father’s ninetieth-birthday celebration, Stoneborn receives news of the North Sea’s upheaval and an invitation to a Dragon-Transformation Ceremony. He protects the household from the dazzling influence of two Abyssal Glow Pearls, leaves them to his siblings as heirlooms, and takes his sleeping father and Yi A Bao along through dream-based manifestations 706 709 710.

Much later, at Ya Ci and Chan Qin’s wedding banquet, an illusion of Mingzhou’s fireflies draws Mo Yiming into memories of Stoneborn’s birth. Stoneborn follows him home and finds him safe. After the ensuing family funeral, Stoneborn returns to his master with his affection intact and resumes a youthful form 864 867 868.

Investigation of Hong Ye

Stoneborn accompanies Hui Mian in investigating a temple where children have been sleepwalking to worship a Dragon King statue. He senses that the worship began years earlier but intensified recently. The group identifies rotten demonic qi mixed with divine offerings and investigates cautiously without prematurely alerting Hong Ye 873 876.

Notable Quotes

“Master said you're someone we can trust absolutely, Senior Jiang!” 270

“Master, you once asked me where the white crane in my heart was. I still haven't found it, but after idling beside a pond watching fish for several years, with some accidental help from my little sister, I did find the fish in my heart!” 479

“Perhaps our fates were extraordinary when we arrived, but we are children of the mortal dust all the same!” 708

“That is what it means to be innocent yet made guilty by the jade you carry!” 709