Upper Star Ruins.
In the pitch-black, endless depths of darkness, trillions of divine heavenly patterns paved a black Stellar Divine Palace. It floated between heaven and earth like a stellar source, symbolizing the supreme authority and divine might of the Upper Star Ruins.
Inside the Stellar Divine Palace was a pool of multicolored Heavenly Water. Within it flowed galaxy-like liquid, gurgling as it moved, bubbling like magma.
Every bursting bubble released a thunderous boom.
Within that Heavenly Water, one could vaguely see an immeasurable Eonic God body lying submerged. His body was tens of thousands of meters long, towering like a colossal mountain. Every neutron particle was a centimeter wide, already counting as a tiny star; this giant of the stellar sea was an aggregate of such tiny stars.
Vaguely visible upon his chest was a nine-layered wheel. It rotated gently, stirring ripples through the water.
He lay submerged in the Heavenly Water, his open eyes like two stellar sources. Black light even shone forth from them, like two pillars of radiance shooting into the sky, awe-inspiring in their brilliance.
He lay there for a long, long time.
After some time, a group of Eonic Gods arrived from afar and entered the Stellar Divine Palace. Their bearing was solemn, their expressions far from pleasant. Upon reaching the Heavenly Water, they all knelt and called out, "Greetings, Yin Heavenly Emperor."
Gurgle!
The waters of the Heavenly Water's galaxy rippled, forming tides of stars.
"How is it?" asked the giant of the stellar sea in the water. His voice boomed like a great bell, reverberating outward.
"It is troublesome. Extremely troublesome." One elderly Eonic God sighed.
"The statistics are out. At present, roughly one-third of our clansmen have had their contracts mysteriously fail. No matter what they do, they can no longer