Autumn Is Coming

In the sixteenth year of the Tianqi era, an autumnal rain fell on the Tile mountain, bringing a mudslide with it and a landslide afterwards. The largest Buddha statue in the world collapsed. Half of the Lanke Temple was buried. The ancient temples of the millennium were turned into ruins in the blink of an eye. The monks in the temple were either dead or injured. Those who participated in the Yue Laan Hungry Ghost Festival survived thanks to being absent from the temple at the time.

On the same day, Master Qishan, deeply admired in all the world, experienced his Parinirvana. After much misfortune, the abbot of the Lanke Temple was so disheartened that he retreated to the Tile mountain. Monk Guan Hai, Master Qishan's last disciple, succeeded the abbot, and was responsible for the mountain temporarily.