After the winter solstice, the weather in the Capital Region showed no sign of improving. Leaden clouds hung overhead, and daylight was as dim as dusk. From time to time, feathers of snow drifted down, blanketing the roads and turning them into muddy, impassable tracks.
Many of the Guardian Immortals in the court and the State Protecting Temple were Wind Master Rain Master and Qing Nü Guang Han. The powerful immortals repeatedly used their divine abilities, hoping to forcibly change the Capital City's weather. Yet they could maintain the effect for only half a day before everything soon returned to normal, with water freezing at a touch and cold currents surging.
In the Nandou Star Lord's hall, Xu Jingxu held the Lottery Tube and concentrated as he used his divine ability to shake it. With a smack, a bamboo lot flew out and landed on the ground.
Xu Jingxu focused his gaze on it and sprang to his feet, his face filled with terror.
Worst Omen, Omen of Doomsday!
In a deep mountain near the Capital Region of the Divine Favor Kingdom, howling winds roared and dark clouds formed into dragons, swirling through the sky and creating a shadowy, eerie firmament. It seemed as though one could pierce through it and reach some terrifying place beyond.
At the heart of the gale stood a newly built altar, towering yet ancient in appearance, imbued with a savage, primeval air and the weight of distant ages. At its peak hung an Immortal Rank Chart. The Three Pure Dao Ancestors had been obscured, while the name "Eastern Emperor Taiyi" shimmered across it, and a solemn, reverent atmosphere spread naturally around the altar.
The Great Sage Celestial Master, Zhang Buzhou, no longer used a Yellow Turban to cover his eyes. His glassy white