The Primordial World had four great extreme lands. The Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise, the Four Great Sacred Beasts, were hidden in these four lands, guarding the Primordial World.
Vast Space Rifts appeared constantly in the four extreme lands, and an inexplicable barrier surrounded them. Ordinary cultivators—and even Sages—could not approach.
At the Eastern Extreme Land, beyond the densely packed, terrifying Space Rifts and the strange barrier, lay a boundless green forest, lush and verdant. Every ancient tree stood over a hundred thousand zhang tall, and a vast force of life permeated the forest.
Seen from high above, the outline of the entire forest resembled a dragon, and each massive ancient tree was like one of its scales!
At that moment, ripples suddenly spread across the skies above the Eastern Extreme Land, which had been tranquil for countless years. Hongjun's figure gradually appeared, his emotionless eyes fixed on the forest below.
"Is this the Eastern Azure Dragon, foremost of the Four Great Sacred Beasts?"
Hongjun murmured to himself. A faint purple light suddenly covered his eyes, and the green forest below vanished in an instant. A colossal azure dragon, hundreds of millions of zhang long, appeared before him. Boundless life force poured from it in an endless green radiance, like a green sun. The dragon's eyes were closed; it was clearly asleep. The fluctuations it unconsciously gave off formed enormous rings of light that suppressed the limitless void below.
After a moment of silence, a series of vicious glints passed through Hongjun's eyes. He cut away the last trace of hesitation in his heart and muttered to himself, "As long as I can seal him, it will all be worth it. As long as I can ultimately attain the Great Dao, what does it matter if