The Source of Calamity

Above the Imperial Court.

The bell tolled, its sound drifting far away.

"Why... why has an Emperor returned? This is impossible!"

A Venerable, his whole body glowing with purple light, panicked on the spot!

"Who has violated the Venerables' Oath? In this age, when no Emperor has appeared, those of Venerable rank must never deliberately think of the Emperors..."

A Sword Venerable holding a jade sword looked grim!

"Is this going to destroy the order that still exists in the Yang Realm? If someone like that returns... what will become of us? What will become of us?"

An Old Venerable dressed in blue robes was even more terrified!

All five Venerables seated upon the five Imperial Thrones could no longer sit still!

"Since the Emperors vanished completely, the Venerables of the Six Realms swore an oath: not to think of them or dwell on them, so that the Emperors could not recall the Yang Realm... Now, someone must have broken the taboo!"

At last, one of the five Venerables, a figure wearing an Emperor Crown, slowly spoke.

He was the Head of the Five Venerables!

"Venerable Jing, what do you think we should do?"

The purple-robed Venerable was terribly anxious. "If the Emperors return... we may be facing a great calamity!"

"Exactly. When those Emperors left, they gave us their honored names and instructed us to recite them constantly. But we... we..."

"The Emperors returning is worse than any crime we've committed!"

The other Venerables spoke in fear as well.

Perhaps those Emperors had foreseen the hardships that lay ahead when they left the Yang Realm, so they had left the Emperor's Edict behind, instructing those who governed the Heavenly Court to recite their names constantly.

But countless eras had passed...

The Venerables of the world had not only stopped