In the primordial era, a wisp of Qingyun beneath the seat of the Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi takes human form as the scholar Meng Haoran, founding a system of Confucian cultivation that carries the Dao through literature and cultivates the self through virtue. He teaches humanity to read, write, and understand reason, passing down the method of Haoran righteous qi, allowing humankind to rise from the lowest among the myriad races to become a great race of the primordial world. Facing the oppression and power struggles of various factions, Meng Haoran wields books as weapons and convinces others through reason, repeatedly driving back powerful enemies and earning the recognition of the Heavenly Dao. With Confucian Dao standing alongside Immortal Dao, knowledge becomes the greatest power in the primordial world, ushering in a new era of prosperity shared by all races.