In the chaotic cosmos lay the central axis of heaven.
This was the Three Realms Great Thousand World.
The Three Realms Great Thousand World was divided into five continents and the Four Seas. Eastern Continent belonged to the Daoist Tradition, Western Continent to the Buddhist Sect, Northern Continent to the Demon Race, and the central and southern lands to the Heavenly Court.
So it was said, but the flourishing Southern Domain Continent bore more than traces of the Divine Path. It was home to Xuanmen sects and great Buddhist temples alike.
On this continent, vast beyond any single Great Thousand World, there were two Buddhist sacred lands alone: Tianlong Temple and Jinchan Temple. They belonged to the Buddhist Sect's Vajra Path and Glazed Path, respectively.
Now that Great Lingyin Temple in the Western Domain had proclaimed itself the ancestral seat of the Buddhist Sect, and Jinjue Buddha wielded the might of the Dao-Wielding Realm over the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, what Buddhist sacred land would dare call itself great?
Though Tianlong Temple and Jinchan Temple belonged to the Buddhist Sect, they were hardly close to Great Lingyin Temple. Both were closer to the Eastern Heaven Daoist Sect; even their ties with the Heavenly Court were better than those with Great Lingyin Temple.
Across Southern Domain Continent, Buddhist temples stood like forests and Daoist monasteries dotted the land, alongside shrines of every kind. The Divine Path, Daoists, and Buddhists appeared to share the same ground, yet their boundaries were as distinct as two rivers that would not mingle.
But on this day, a brilliant golden radiance descended through the Penglai Xuming Heavenly Realm in East Heaven. At the same time, the gates of Tianlong Temple on Southern Domain Continent swung open. Heavenly kings, Venerables, and vajra guardians arrayed themselves outside