Unlike the sun that had evolved from the Golden Crows in ancient times, the sun after antiquity represented the power of utmost yang. It possessed boundless might, and countless cultivators depended on the sun in their cultivation. Otherwise, the Radiant Sun Sect would never have come into being.
During the Great Qian era, the First Qian Emperor, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens, placed a seal on the sun and claimed it for himself.
During the Great Yu era, the First Yu Emperor, Wu Yao, saw that the Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens had sealed the sun, so he laid another seal on top of it.
As a result, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens couldn't obtain the sun, and neither could Wu Yao.
With Wu Yao seemingly displaced to the outside world, Lu Yang had thought there was no way to undo the second seal. He hadn't expected that Guan Shanhai knew how.
"According to Guan Shanhai, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens sealed the sun and weakened the solar and lunar energy it released so that all the people of the Great Qian Dynasty would worship him."
"Back then, if cultivators wanted to rely on the sun for their cultivation, they had no choice but to worship the Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens. Once they did, a sliver of the seal would be lifted, casting solar and lunar energy onto that cultivator. When the worship ended, the seal would be restored."
"That's why the legendary Heavenly Sovereign of the Central Heavens was said to have the power to command the sun and moon."
During the Great Qian era, faith was the primary means of cultivation. Temples and divine statues could be found everywhere, and people resorted to every means imaginable to seize the