The Birth of the Star Alliance's First Eighth-Rank Earth Immortal, as the Winds and Clouds Gather

Star Alliance, Manggu Star Domain.

The Star Alliance had created the method of the Earth Immortal Orthodox lineage long ago, but it had not been widely practiced by numerous Third Rank Immortals until more than ten thousand years ago, when the Star Alliance began its expansion into the Manggu Star Domain.

After the Star Alliance expanded into the Manggu Star Domain, many Third Rank Immortals who had taken part in the battles of expansion were awarded indigenous Life Stars according to their merits. They could refine these into Earth Immortal Blessed Lands and pursue the Earth Immortal Orthodox lineage.

Unfortunately, the Earth Immortal Orthodox lineage was still incomplete at the time. Third Rank Immortals could successfully refine indigenous Life Stars into Earth Immortal Blessed Lands, embark on the path of cultivation, and even extend their lifespans by several thousand years.

But there was no path forward. Most of them directly merged with the Dao and perished within their Earth Immortal Blessed Lands.

And even among those who did not merge with the Dao and die, not a single one successfully escaped and advanced to become an Eighth-Rank Earth Immortal.

The closest anyone came to success back then was Venerable Mangyuan's attempt to become an Earth Immortal on Mangyuan Star, which Liang Ji had once taken part in. But in the end, he too fell short. Mangyuan Star's rank was insufficient, and the attempt to become an Earth Immortal failed, costing him his life on the spot.

Only afterward did the Kunlun Star Palace Principal, the Ninth-Rank Star Lord Immortal Lord Tianchen, use the power of the Deification List to enshrine the gods and save Mangyuan Star.

It could be said that those like Venerable Mangyuan, who were the first in the Manggu Star Domain to embark on the Earth Immortal