In the Three Realms Calendar, Year 3,035, all corners of the Three Realms lay in a peaceful calm.
In East Heaven, although the sect competition between Penglai, Qinghua, and Tianhe's three sects had ended, the prodigies of each side had not slackened because of it. They were currently listening to lectures and teachings under a host of True Lords from East Heaven, preparing for the upcoming Six Sects Grand Competition.
Meanwhile, in the south, atop the Southern Domain Continent, Taibai Star Lord of the Heavenly Court and Fuyun Immortal Monarch of the Zhenxiao Dao Sect were smiling as they watched the young talents selected by the Zhenxiao Dao Sect over the past thousand years. "Xiaogong, do you think there might be a few among these juniors who can match those... geniuses of East Heaven?"
Fairy Xiaogong, standing beside Fuyun Immortal Monarch, gave the old immortal a helpless glance. Although Fuyun Immortal Monarch had changed his wording at the last moment, Fairy Xiaogong knew exactly what he had left unsaid. It was not whether there were geniuses capable of matching East Heaven's, but whether there was an unparalleled monster who could stand shoulder to shoulder with that True Lord Lingyuan.
Yet even among this generation, born in response to the Ten-Thousand-Year Calamity and having endured the Xuanmen Great Calamity that swept across half of the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, how many would dare claim they could rival True Lord Lingyuan?
Zhenxiao, Chixiao, and Yaochi's three lineages had been innately one step weaker than East Heaven. Their own fortune was what it was, so how could they contend with East Heaven?
Sensing Fairy Xiaogong's gaze, Fuyun Immortal Monarch could not help stroking his beard. Then, with an awkward smile, he said, "Well, even if they can't compare with the previous generation,