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Yayu, the son of the primordial deity Zhulong, was betrayed and slain by his own subordinates. The Heavenly Emperor could not bear Zhulong’s grief, so he ordered for Yayu’s corpse to be sent to Lingshan. The Ten Great Witches of Lingshan revived Yayu with the Undying Elixir. Yet after resurrection, Yayu’s nature changed drastically, becoming a dragon-headed, cat-bodied monster that devoured humans. In the end, the Heavenly Emperor had no choice but to order for his execution.
This incident triggered a chain of upheavals that led to the decline of Ancient Wuism and ultimately gave rise to the Longevity Stone Heart.
Shuten-Doji and Yayu share a striking similarity. Both were resurrected, only to lose their sanity. Shuten-Doji’s condition was somewhat better, but the difference was marginal.
This inevitably led Sage Qingwei to link the two cases together. In the world, things might differ in form, yet their underlying essence was often the same.
In retrospect, the First Emperor’s decision to send Daoists to Fenglin in search of the Elixir of Immortality was not without reason. These acts of resurrection did indeed resemble Ancient Wuism’s Undying Elixir.
As more secrets of Fenglin surfaced, the Golden Tower Council’s interest only deepened.
When the Daoist Order first set foot in Fenglin, the Tenmon Sect, wary...
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