Clouds, mist, immortal waterfalls, flying cranes, spirit beasts... Between the many peaks, rivers flowed, and flowers drifted down the sheer cliffs between the two banks.
Xuanyuan Palace.
The tribes beneath the palace were where the Gongsun Clan lived, while the caves scattered among the peaks were also home to one tamed demon after another.
Massive birds and beasts skimmed across the water, sending ripples through the jade-green waves. Children played happily by the river, carefree and content... if not for the horn blast that shattered the tranquility.
The women hurried to take their children home, while the men of the tribe rushed toward the palace on the mountain. At the same time, the Kun Department demons living in the caves rode clouds into the sky.
On the square outside Xuanyuan Palace, the Gongsun Clan warriors stood in formation. The demons on the side could not maintain such neat ranks, but they did their best to stand in an orderly arrangement.
They tried their best to remain quiet, because the person standing at the palace gates was the sovereign of this place, bearing the Xuanyuan name and descended from the rulers of the world... Xuanyuan Tiexin.
"Greetings, Palace Lord!"
"Greetings, Palace Lord!"
Even though the human world had produced one emperor after another, they still willingly acknowledged him as the true emperor. But... Xuanyuan no longer called himself an emperor.
"Do you know why I summoned you in such a hurry?" Xuanyuan Tiexin's voice reached every ear... He was the most powerful person alive.
The people below whispered among themselves. This horn, called the Sky-Shocking Horn, was sounded only when something major happened within the palace or when Xuanyuan Palace needed to go to war.
"Reporting to the Palace Lord, we... do not know."
"Today, I am going to punish someone."