Celestial Fox Secret Canon's Threefold Method, Nine Gates of Form, Intent, and Spirit

"True Lord, this mishap was ultimately because we underestimated the spiritual veins. Please do not blame us."

In Foothill Cloud Immortal Palace, Yunzhen and the other True Lords looked uneasy.

For some reason, though only a dozen or so years had passed, True Lord Lingyuan's presence had grown ever more imposing.

He had not released the slightest pressure. He merely sat on a Meditation Cushion, with no bronze bells or ceremonial music to proclaim his might, no coiling dragons or soaring phoenixes to display his grandeur. The whole hall was plain and empty. Yet Jiang Sheng seemed to carry an invisible authority that made the True Lords feel they faced not merely a Void Refinement True Lord, but an ancestor of the Integration Realm.

The Daoist in a green crown and dark robe slowly raised his eyes from the Meditation Cushion and chuckled. "Rest easy, everyone."

"In the end, this was not your fault. I underestimated how fiercely the spiritual veins would resist."

As he spoke, Jiang Sheng looked up at the sky. His gaze passed through the golden bricks and dark roof tiles, beyond the vast clouds. The sky was clear for ten thousand miles, a splendid sight.

But beneath that splendor, Jiang Sheng saw Calamity Aura surging and roiling.

It spread across Cloud Perch Continent like an ocean.

No—not just Cloud Perch Continent. Emerald Mist Continent, Cloud Floss Continent, Danmei Continent, Tonglu Continent, Su Creek Continent, Mountain Flourish Continent, Yu-Realm Sea, Four Returns Sea, Lingluo Sea, Fortune Measure Sea, Radiant Jade Sea—what part of Tianyuan World's seven continents and five seas was not shrouded in Calamity Aura?

Daoist Lord Kaiyuan had broken free of the calamity, while the sacred ancestors of Tianyuan Sacred Sect had vanished without a trace. What awaited the seven continents and five seas of