Liver Wood Reached the Heart and Birthed the Red Emperor; the Pure Yang Procession Arrived in Vermilion Province

Vermilion Province, Nine-Headed Mountain.

If Vermilion Province had become the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect's headquarters in the Jiuzhou World, then Nine-Headed Mountain was the heart of that headquarters.

Anyone who possessed so much as a cave abode or a hall on Nine-Headed Mountain was either a core figure of the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect or an important ally.

There were the Chixiao Seven Sons, the current True Disciples of the Chixiao Dao Sect; Suqin Fairy, an immortal of Yaochi Sacred Land; Kong Zhen and Jin Qiong of the Demon Emperor Palace; the Four Seas True Lord of the Canglang Sacred Sect; and the Crested Ibis Demon Monarch of the Southern Fire Divine Palace, among others.

With so many Cave Profound immortals gathered there, Nine-Headed Mountain brimmed with immortal energies and luminous spiritual colors. Overhead, the clear heavens shone; in every direction, auspicious mists and rosy light filled the view.

Jiang Sheng naturally had a cave-abode sanctuary of his own on Nine-Headed Mountain.

Within it, Jiang Sheng sat cross-legged on his Cloud Bed. The mysteries of the Four Symbols and calamity-annihilating Sword Qi surged and intertwined around him, giving rise to one wondrous spirit-mark and Dao seal after another.

Had anyone been there, they would have sensed the awe-inspiring sword intent and vast power of the Dao contained within those marks and seals.

The spirit-marks were condensed from Jiang Sheng's own Daoist arts and mysteries, and held his own Dao intent and arts. The Dao seals, meanwhile, had evolved from his cultivation method: each represented a Divine Ability or a wondrous art. Linked together, they formed the "Yin-Yang Calamity Three-Transformation Five-Element Method."

Spiritual light and immortal energies filled the cave abode. Jiang Sheng, dressed in a dark robe and green crown, sat with his eyes half-closed. As his aura surged, it