Three gods presided over the Shangqing Divine Domain, watching the tides of change sweep across the Three Realms and four continents while contemplating the shifts in heaven and earth.
Deep within the Heavenly Dao Space, blood coursed through Li Wan'er's body. Her organs glowed with brilliant light, and her heart pounded like the drums of the Heavenly Court, its beat resounding throughout the heavens.
Her blood surged like the Yellow River, and her bones rang with a metallic clang.
Countless golden rays around her struggled against the chains.
The gods who wielded the authority of heaven and earth had fallen. Though their authority returned, Li Wan'er seized the brief instant of their deaths and shattered some of the chains.
Then the three gods took their places in the Shangqing Divine Domain and divided up part of that authority once more. It amounted to another way of joining with the Dao, with fortune gathering around them. In the end, all that fortune belonged to Li Wan'er.
Seizing this opening, Li Wan'er's consciousness drew closer to the seven-colored sphere of light. So long as the fortune of her three avatars continued to grow, joining with the Heavenly Dao would only be a matter of time.
Decades passed, yet nothing around Li Wan'er changed.
A century later, the Heavenly Dao Space remained the same. During those years, however, her three avatars had sent down many projections to found immortal gates, take in disciples, and spread their teachings throughout the world.
They also established academies among mortals, teaching all manner of knowledge and schools of thought.
Other projections took control of mortal emperors, ruling with benevolence for the benefit of the people.
Among the Demon Race, after Demon Emperor Di Mian was sealed beneath the Desolate Abyss, another Demon Emperor rose within that century.