Grand Unity Palace, clouds and mist swirled.
Li Fan's gaze pierced through billions of layers of cloud haze, falling directly upon the game board of heaven and earth below, where Dao and Buddhism were locked in a contest.
Yet beneath that game board, the Earth Immortal Realm had long been roiled by gathering storms.
Various Innate Divine Beings and ancient great powers made their moves one after another, placing pieces across the Nine Provinces Earth to establish their Dao, founding sects and schools, and transforming the profound principles of Myriad Laws Return to the Dao and Hundred Schools of Thought Share the Same Origin into tangible foundations of inheritance.
Shi Qilin was cloaked in innate auspicious qi. Taking Universal Love and Non-Aggression and protecting all beings as its Dao, he founded the Mohist School—spreading the principles of universal love, non-aggression, esteeming the virtuous, and frugality, safeguarding all living creatures of the world.
Kunpeng soared ninety thousand miles into the sky, observing the veins of heaven and earth, the positions of yin and yang, the trends of mountains and rivers, and the movement of the stars. Drawing upon his knowledge gained from roaming the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, he established the lineage of Feng Shui Mystical Arts.
He discerned Dragon Veins, determined yin and yang, followed heaven and earth, harmonized with the four seasons, and became the progenitor of the Dao of feng shui.
The Minghe Cult Master sat deep within the Blood Sea, proving Dao through slaughter and illuminating principles through war. He created The Way of Soldiers, passing down the arts of marching armies, setting formations, slaughtering foes, waging war, and defending borders with iron blood, becoming the source of the world's School of Military.
The Shennong Clan took The People Regard Food as Heaven as its fundamental