Ironing Out the Heavens: The Asura's Laundry List

Lu Qingshan, once known across the myriad realms as the Heaven-Severing Asura, faked his death for one simple reason: he was exhausted from constantly getting blood on his favorite silk robes. Seeking a quiet retirement, he opened a humble laundry shed at the outer edge of the Vermilion-Eaves Bastion. Enter Ding Bo, a famously untalented youth whose 'Shattered-Meridian Syndrome' causes him to randomly explode with spiritual energy, constantly coughing up blood and ruining Lu Qingshan's freshly washed linens. To protect his pristine laundry, the grumpy washerman forces the boy into a harsh apprenticeship, teaching him the 'Centrifugal Wring-Out Stance' and 'Wrinkle-Smoothing Palm' purely to stop the mess. But when Ding Bo is dragged into the Bastion's grand tournament, he shocks the arrogant elites by literally ironing out their supreme sword-slashes and wringing out their spiritual avatars like wet towels. As furious elders clamor to uncover the boy's master, the Bastion prepares a lethal inquisition against the laundry shed. How long can Lu Qingshan pretend to be a lowly mortal before he must pick up his bamboo drying pole and remind the heavens why they used to fear him?