The Eastern Domain shook for three full days.
Yet the Thirty-three Layered Heavenly Vault above had not vanished. It towered there, majestic as an immortal realm.
Whenever anyone looked up, awe shook them to the core.
Walking beneath the vault, even the strongest experts at the peak of the Lin Dao Realm felt tiny.
It seemed a single streak of light falling from the vault could crush them to death!
An ancestor of a sect emerged from the Ancestral Land, his face filled with wonder. "The Thirty-three Layered Heavenly Vault... wasn't this the work of Great Emperor Xuanhuang?"
"Only someone at that level could cause such a terrifying phenomenon!"
"Even a Quasi-Emperor would be instantly bound and suppressed if he fell into the Thirty-three Layered Heavenly Vault, until he perished!"
More and more old monsters emerged from their ancestral lands. As they gazed at the sky, the same suspicion took shape in their hearts.
Great Emperor Xuanhuang!
That was the name that surfaced in every old monster's mind. They looked up with reverence, unable to fathom what had happened.
Only when the tremors ceased three days later and calm returned to the Eastern Domain did the various sects send experts to investigate.
With the Thirty-three Layered Heavenly Vault suppressing heaven and earth, could Great Emperor Xuanhuang have awakened?
News soon swept across the Eastern Domain.
"It's the emperor's tomb! The Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum!"
"Great Emperor Xuanhuang's tomb has appeared!"
"Heavens!"
"According to reliable information I obtained, the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum appeared beneath the Immortal Mansion's sect grounds!"
"The Immortal Mansion was built right over the emperor's tomb. They've already relocated their entire sect!"
"I hear Imperial Might blankets ten thousand li around the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum. Even Lin Dao Realm experts can't get close, and no one can collect the Xuanhuang Qi filling the air!"
Countless rumors flew in every direction across the Eastern Domain. Innumerable factions stirred, and families raced one another toward Cangzhou.
More terrifying still, dreadful auras rose from all across the Eastern Domain.
Mysterious clans emerged and headed for the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum!
That day, Saintly Might spread from the Huangfu Clan's Ancestral Temple in an ordinary city. Several experts bearing terrifying power tore through the sky and left the city!
"Heavens, that's the Huangfu Clan?"
"The Huangfu Clan was hiding experts like that?"
"Could they have stayed out of sight all this time just to wait for today?"
Word that the Huangfu Clan had ended its seclusion spread throughout the Eastern Domain.
At the same time, more hidden families and powerful sects emerged one after another.
Even sects rumored to have fallen into the long river of history suddenly reappeared, no longer concealing themselves!
The Eastern Domain's balance of power descended into chaos.
The Nine Great Immortal Sects' authority existed in name only. Their old prestige was gone.
Primordial Races.
Desolate Ancient Families.
Hidden sects.
The emergence of one terrifying faction after another shattered the Eastern Domain's existing order!
Cangzhou, the former site of the Immortal Mansion.
Only the upper half of the enormous emperor's tomb had emerged, yet it already stretched vast and majestic beyond sight. Xuanhuang Qi filled the air, and its Imperial Might was unmatched.
Above it, the Thirty-three Layered Heavenly Vault held the stars in check.
Anyone could feel how small they were.
No one could approach within ten thousand li of the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.
Not long before, a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator had tried to force his way in. Imperial Might had instantly ground him to ash.
Another Lin Dao Realm expert had then tested it, only to flee with severe injuries.
"No one can enter the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum for now!"
An old monster reached that conclusion.
"Since the emperor's tomb has appeared, a day will come when we can enter!"
"That day may be months away, or it may be years. The Imperial Might around the tomb will surely ebb to almost nothing, posing no threat to top experts."
Several experts offered this prediction, and most agreed.
Many settled around the tomb to await the day its Imperial Might faded.
Before long, some began contemplating the Imperial Dao Law within that might, sensing the pinnacle of mortal power to advance their cultivation.
They were far from alone.
Most were Heavenly Human Realm and even Lin Dao Realm cultivators. They sat cross-legged on the ground, focusing their minds on the Imperial Dao Law.
Boom!
Someone broke through the Heavenly Human Realm barrier and successfully entered the Lin Dao Realm!
The Sun Moon Divine Cult.
The Sun Moon Divine Hall was where the Sun Moon Cult Master handled the cult's important affairs and cultivated on ordinary days.
Above the Divine Hall floated two divine stones radiating red and blue light!
The red light came from a stone shaped like the sun.
The blue came from a crescent-shaped stone!
The Sun Moon Cult Master sat cross-legged in midair, a faint but terrifying aura surrounding him as he drew upon the sun and moon power within the stones to cultivate!
Just then, a figure cloaked entirely in black robes appeared at the center of the Sun Moon Divine Hall.
The Sun Moon Cult Master's eyes snapped open. He looked at the figure, descended from the air, and asked, "What did you find?"
"Cult Master,"
The black-robed figure knelt on one knee. "We've confirmed it. Great Emperor Xuanhuang's tomb has indeed appeared!"
"Countless experts have already flooded into Cangzhou to see the emperor's tomb for themselves!"
"But Imperial Might blankets ten thousand li around it. Even a Lin Dao Realm cultivator who enters recklessly will be badly injured. Anyone who pushes deeper will be killed outright!"
Hearing this, the Sun Moon Cult Master narrowed his eyes. "That Imperial Might won't last forever. A day will come when it disappears."
"When it does, everyone will have their chance. A bloodbath will be unavoidable."
Nothing connected to a Great Emperor could be ordinary.
Least of all a tomb containing a Great Emperor's remains!
"He may go. Report any news as soon as it comes."
The Sun Moon Cult Master waved a hand, and the black-robed figure vanished on the spot.
"Xuanhuang... his tomb..."
"Why has it suddenly appeared..."
"Perhaps this isn't a coincidence, but..."
The Sun Moon Cult Master fell into thought. In recent years, the Primordial Races had appeared time and again, while hidden families and sects had emerged one after another.
Now the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum had suddenly appeared too.
All of it heralded one thing... a glorious new era was about to dawn!
The Eastern Domain's skies were about to change!
"If that's so!"
"Then the Sun Moon Divine Cult must be the greatest winner at the Mysterious Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum!"
"For thousands of years to come, even if heaven and earth change, my Sun Moon Divine Cult will endure forever!"
With that, the Sun Moon Cult Master vanished.
He appeared deep within the Sun Moon Divine Cult, at its Ancestral Land!
Every mighty figure in the cult's history lay dormant here. They were the foundation of the entire Sun Moon Divine Cult!
Before he could speak, an old man in blue robes with a crescent mark on his forehead suddenly appeared at the entrance to the Ancestral Land.
The old man's face was withered. He was extremely aged and so gaunt he was nearly skin and bones.
He was very old indeed.
He looked at the Sun Moon Cult Master. "I already know what happened. Leave this matter to me."
The Sun Moon Cult Master nodded. "Should you take the Sun Moon Star Seal?"
The Sun Moon Star Seal was the Sun Moon Divine Cult's imperial weapon, its most treasured safeguard!
It had once been the Sun Moon Holy Emperor's artifact!
And the Sun Moon Holy Emperor was the founder of the Sun Moon Divine Cult!
The old man answered without hesitation. "No need. In this age, with no saints abroad, few can match me."
With that, he swept his sleeve and brought out an ancient golden war chariot.
He leaped inside, drove it into the void, and sped away.
"Ah!"
The Sun Moon Cult Master gazed into the distance. Wouldn't taking the imperial weapon have been safer?
Who knows whether the Yaoguang Holy Land will bring its own imperial weapon?
Those people always wear the face of virtue, but their bellies are full of foul water. They're far worse than the Sun Moon Divine Cult, which is wicked out in the open.