Calamity of the Cosmic Era, Fortune Bestowed by the Emperor

"The Great Calamity arose, and ten thousand races vied for supremacy."

"Great powers tore heaven and earth apart and shook the cosmos. The Ancestral World collapsed, and the heavens scattered."

"Our Mountain Sea Heaven fell deep into chaos, trapped within the Void Cavern, unable to break free."

"To protect Mountain Sea Heaven's living beings, our Immortal Deities exhausted every means at their disposal. Only then did Mountain Sea Heaven survive calamity after calamity of the cosmic eras."

"A hundred thousand years ago, another calamity arose, but we were powerless."

"This calamity came not from within Mountain Sea Heaven, but from beyond it."

"The Void Cavern's power had dragged Mountain Sea Heaven too deep for it to escape. To protect its living beings, the Heavenly Emperor decided to expend the Heavenly Realm's power to extend Mountain Sea Heaven's life by one more cosmic era."

"..."

Jiang Sheng listened quietly to the emperor's lingering image.

A hundred thousand years ago, the Void Cavern's power had brought the Mountain Sea Realm to the brink of collapse. To delay the Great Calamity and protect the Heavenly Emperor's subjects—

The Heavenly Emperor of the Mountain Sea Realm and his Immortal Deities had willingly sacrificed themselves and the entire Heavenly Realm. With the Immortal Deities as its source and the Heavenly Realm as its membrane, they had raised a barrier between the Mountain Sea Realm and the Void Cavern, protecting the world membrane that was about to shatter.

The Mountain Sea Realm's Immortal Deities had not begrudged their lives in the slightest.

"We were born of Mountain Sea Heaven's fortune. Only through heaven and earth's power did we attain our Dao Fruits and gain enduring life."

"As heavenly gods, we received the offerings of all living beings and enjoyed every splendor. When heaven and earth suffered,