In the Spirit Realm, Silver Moon spilled its radiance, and the palaces atop Sword Peak blazed with layer upon layer of lights.
On the desk in the grand hall at the very top of Qinghua Palace, an ancient book began turning its pages without any wind and suddenly opened.
As the pages turned, a new chapter appeared amid the blank sheets. Ancient seal script slowly surfaced—three great characters that seemed to represent rules and destiny: Animal Path!
The words, outlined in ink of cinnabar and black, seemed to leap from the paper. Each page recorded the true spirit, race, heavenly fate, life, and death of a living being in this world, all governed by its master. It had the air of a book that gathered in all the myriad beings beneath Heaven.
Enter my book, and through a thousand reincarnations and ten thousand lifetimes, not even endless cycles of rebirth will let you escape.
"Your fate is mine... not Heaven's~"
At some point, a human figure condensed from Clear Radiance had appeared before the desk. A Taoist in a moon-white robe picked up the Book of Life and Death, his long fingers turning its pages one by one.
He immediately saw ink-outline birds pierce through the white-jade-like paper, circling and soaring across it. Turning another page revealed a hound sticking out its tongue and barking furiously.
The pages continued turning. The thread-bound ancient book was like an old-fashioned ink-wash picture book, recording green long snakes, great fish swimming freely through the water, nimble rats gnawing at tree roots, as well as lizards, rabbits, and other creatures.
Fang Xiu closed the Book of Life and Death and casually placed it beside the blue-jade lotus lamp.
"Next comes the cultivation arts! Organizing the Visualization Method (Meditation Technique)! Methods for breaking through the