Ye Qing, a brewer from Blue Star, transmigrated to the Primordial Wilderness (Honghuang) and became an ordinary disciple of Jie Jiao (Intercepting Sect) on Kunlun Mountain.​ Right from the start, he obtained the "Brewing Dao" (a supreme path centered on brewing, a core xuanhuan concept).​ Brewing wine with thousand-year spiritual fruits, the liquor was sweet and mellow—its intoxicating aroma spread throughout Kunlun Mountain.​ Tongtian (one of the Three Pure Ones, leader of Jie Jiao): "How strange! The wine brewed by my disciple actually allows people to comprehend the Dao when drunk?"​ Yuanshi (another of the Three Pure Ones, leader of Chan Jiao): "Why isn’t this lad among my disciples!"​ Laozi (the eldest of the Three Pure Ones, founder of Taoism): "Hehe, this boy is hiding good wine from me. Fine—I’ll come get it myself!"​ Laozi sneaked into Ye Qing’s wine cellar. At the end of the cellar, the largest wine jar was sealed with a note that read: "Do Not Open."​ Do not open?​ Laozi was determined to open it anyway!​ Boom...​ A thick tribulation thunderbolt instantly struck Laozi, a Sage, leaving him charred outside and tender inside.​ Laozi: "You rascal! How the hell can you brew wine with Heavenly Tribulation?!"​ ……