Princess Ming Wan woke groggily, only to find that she had somehow arrived in a dim place that resembled an ancient palace.
She stood up. The palace seemed to have been buried underground beneath ashes, cut off from the light of day. Yet a faint glow shone from the vines growing in the dark depths, keeping the place from becoming completely black.
Princess Ming Wan looked around. The palace walls were covered in mottled murals, but their colors had peeled away, making their contents impossible to identify.
Suddenly, she stepped on something. Her foot slipped, and she hurriedly steadied herself. Looking down, she saw, to her horror, the skeleton of a Dragon-headed Humanoid Daoist. The robes on its body had already turned to ashes.
Her heart jolted, and she hurried outside, only to see even more Dragon Immortal skeletons come into view.
Princess Ming Wan's heart pounded wildly.
She knew what kind of place this was. It was a relic from the previous age—the Primordial Era—buried beneath thick layers of Dao Ash.
According to the historical records of the Dragon Court, during the Primordial Era, the Jade Rock descended upon the world and crashed into the Dragon Court, destroying the Primordial Dragon Court and wiping out the entire Dragon Race.
The power of that Jade Rock had been too great. The Heaven and Earth Great Dao of the Dragon Court Era, along with the Great Dao of the surviving experts, had all turned to ashes, drifting down in a snowstorm of Dao Ash that lasted a full million years!
From then on, the Primordial Dragon Court Era had been completely buried beneath the Dao Ash, without leaving the slightest trace.
The current Dragon Court of the Heaven Immortal Realm had been built atop the Dao Ash. It had flourished and