Like his nephew, Er Lang Shen （二郎神） once split a mountain to save his mother. His enemy is his uncle, his mother’s brother, the Yu Huang Da Di (the Jade Emperor, 玉皇大帝). Unlike the TV series, Er Lang Shen also succeeded in saving his mother.
In the ancient times of long ago, the world was filled with magic, where gods and humans lived separately in their own worlds without disturbing each other.
However, the younger sister of the Yu Huang Da Di, a beautiful and kind goddess, was curious and longed for the mortal realm.
One day, she secretly descended to the earth, fell in love with a mortal named Yang Jun, and married him.
Soon after, they gave birth to a lovely boy named Yang Jian.
Upon learning of this, the Yu Huang Da Di was extremely angry.
He could not accept that his own sister had fallen in love with a mortal and given birth to a child, which he saw as an insult to the entire Heavenly Palace.
So, with a determined heart, he used his magical powers to press his own sister under the heavy Mount Tao as punishment.
Yang Jian grew up in the mortal world and did not know his true identity.
Until one day, he accidentally learned the truth about his mother being pressed under Mount Tao, filling his heart with sorrow and anger.
To rescue his mother, he decided to embark on the path of cultivation and seek great power.
Yang Jian inquired everywhere and finally learned that there was a highly skilled master named Yu Ding Zhen Ren （玉鼎真人） at the Jinxia Cave on Yuquan Mountain.
He took Yang Jian as his disciple and trained him rigorously.
Day after day, year after year, Yang Jian’s martial arts skills became increasingly proficient, and he finally mastered the mystical abilities to overlook the universe at the age of seventeen.
However, that was still not enough.
Yang Jian knew that to split Mount Tao and rescue his mother, he needed a more powerful weapon.
At that moment, he unexpectedly obtained a divine weapon called the “San Jian Liang Ren Dao (Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade, 三尖两刃刀).”
This blade was extremely sharp and powerful, causing Yang Jian’s martial arts skills to reach incredible heights.
Finally, one day, Yang Jian felt that the time was ripe.
He brought the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade to the foot of Mount Tao.
Taking a deep breath, he concentrated all his strength and swung the blade at Mount Tao. With a loud “crash,” Mount Tao was split in two, and Yang Jian’s mother was finally freed.