On the Douluo Continent, in Fasno Province, the ordinary little town called Clear Breeze seemed especially peaceful and serene beneath the afterglow of the setting sun. Beneath the old crooked tree at the town entrance, a group of children who had just finished their studies and helped with the household chores gathered around an elderly man with white hair and beard, listening chattering excitedly as he fanned himself with a battered palm-leaf fan. The old man was the town's former teacher. It was said that in his youth, he had been a Soul Grandmaster who had traveled far and wide.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, tell us the story of the Celestial Venerable battling the Annihilation Sovereign again! Tell the part where the Celestial Venerable turns into a giant ten thousand zhang tall and blows up that huge monster with one punch!" shouted a sturdy little boy named Tie Zhu, waving a wooden stick in his hand.
"Yeah, yeah! And tell us how the Celestial Venerable used Chaos Qi to summon all the stars and smash the bad guys!" Xiao Hua, her hair tied in pigtails, stared with sparkling eyes full of longing.
The old man narrowed his eyes, the wrinkles on his face blooming like chrysanthemums. Smiling as he slowly waved his fan, he said, "All right, all right, just one last time! So, that day, the Celestial Venerable Ling Yun saw that old demon of Annihilation open his bloody maw, intending to swallow our Douluo Star. Fury rose in his heart, and evil swelled in his courage! He shouted, 'You vile beast, how dare you!' Then his body swayed—Buzzz!—and he grew taller than the mountain behind us! His head held up the heavens, his feet trod upon the clouds, and nine-colored divine light radiated from his entire body. The evil aura