Changqing Mountain, Chengping County.
On the mountain's peak, an old man opened his eyes.
In the Mortal Dynasties, some officials possessed a Root Bone, allowing them to cultivate.
If these cultivating officials performed many good deeds in life and were revered by the common people, who then built temples to worship them after death, they could be enfeoffed by the Emperor as Mountain River Gods.
Unless the Dynasty collapsed and the mountains and rivers were replaced, these Mountain River Gods could exist indefinitely.
Of course, under normal circumstances, most officials would not choose this path.
After all, reincarnation symbolized new hope. After a few more reincarnations, one might just ascend to the Great Dao.
But if one became a Mountain River God, they would be bound to the Dynasty.
Furthermore, after the Dynasty's fall, you would perish in body and soul, with no possibility of reincarnation.
