At this moment.
All of Kaiyuan Continent was in an uproar.
Everything that had happened in the Hanque Mountain Range had drawn the attention and shocked the world.
"What in the world happened in the Hanque Mountain Range..."
"Terrifying ripples keep spreading from there. Sword light suddenly rises, startling the cold magpies; the Emperor star is hidden in divine mist... Have even the Shaman's prophecies come true?"
"What was the source of that world-ending crisis from before... Has darkness descended?"
People everywhere debated it, keeping their eyes fixed on the events.
Meanwhile.
Thunder Emperor City.
Thunder Emperor City was the only place from which one could enter Thunder Dao Pure Land, and was regarded as the Thunder Emperor's palace in the mortal world.
Thunder Servants like Lei Qing stood respectfully outside a massive gate.
The entire gate was built of stone. Supreme Thunder Dao secret patterns were carved into its surface, as if the slightest disrespect would summon terrifying thunder to annihilate everything.
This gate... was the Thunder Dao Gate!
It was the only gate leading to Thunder Dao Pure Land and the Thunder Dao Imperial Court.
And at this moment, beyond the Thunder Dao Gate lay another world.
It was a pure land filled with the Thunder Dao, its vast earth stretching far and wide. Wind and thunder surged between heaven and earth, while blue thunderclouds drifted across the firmament. Above those clouds stood a boundless imperial court!
Countless cultivators lived in the pure land, forming a world of their own.
Among the geniuses of the outside world, only those with a gift for the Thunder Dao had a chance to enter this world. Thereafter, the Thunder Emperor's people flourished here, generation after generation.
Naturally, the Imperial Court ruled over all of Thunder Dao Pure Land.
And at this