A thousand years was no short span for the living beings of the Scarlet Bright Boundary Domain.
Within the Black-White Academy, outstanding Primordial Spirit cultivators broke through to become Earth Immortals of the Void Return. Others perished, body and soul, in the struggles of the cultivation world, while some loose immortals reached the end of their lifespans and died in meditation.
High above the Great Xia Royal Capital lay a hazy gray void.
"Whoosh..."
A vast passage suddenly opened in the dim void, faint golden light shimmering within it. Row after row of black-armored soldiers flew out.
Behind them came ranks of black-armored riders mounted on heavenly horses. Farther back wound an enormous Black Dragon, its aura vast and overwhelmingly powerful. It pulled a gigantic golden immortal carriage hung with golden lamps. A man in black robes sat inside.
The man had an ancient, solemn face and eyes like the Eye of Thunder and Lightning. Wherever his gaze fell, heaven and earth seemed ready to split apart.
His majesty made the soldiers around him tremble and submit.
Behind the carriage followed more black-armored soldiers aboard warships. Each ship was hundreds of yards long, yet they were nothing beside the carriage. The Black Dragon alone stretched ten thousand yards, and the immortal carriage was nearly as immense.
"Whoosh."
The emperor traveled with an escort of nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.
The procession descended straight toward Heavenly Radiance Palace. Above the clouds at its highest level, great crowds of immortal maidens, soldiers, and generals were already kneeling. Even the weakest among them had reached the Primordial Spirit level, but being allowed to serve Emperor Xia in person was a tremendous stroke of fortune.
"Greetings, Your Majesty!" A burly, two-headed fiendgod immediately knelt and called out first.
The many immortal maidens, soldiers,