-(゜-゜) The Short-Statured Cultivator?
Ever since Chaos split apart in primordial times and the clear and turbid were first distinguished, the long, mysterious process of evolution had begun between heaven and earth.
After an unknowable number of cycles had passed, heaven and earth had expanded north to south and stretched far and wide, spanning hundreds of millions of li. The Four Continents stood side by side: the Eastern Victory Divine Continent, the Western Ox Continent, the Southern Jambu Continent, and the Northern Kuru Continent. Like four brilliant stars, they were embedded in the vastness of heaven and earth.
In this current era, the Heavenly Emperor had risen in accordance with Heaven's mandate. He had contended with the heroes of the world in Chaos, ultimately claimed dominion over Qiankun, and established the supreme Divine Court. Calling his realm the Celestial Empire, he ruled over the Three Realms and Four Continents, and all living beings stood in awe of him.
The Heavenly Court's imperial palace, where the Heavenly Emperor resided, was the White Jade Capital atop the Thirty-Three Heavens.
It was said that the immortal palace was like a dream: twelve five-storied towers rose one after another, and twenty-four thousand palaces stood in orderly array. At the South Heaven Gate, golden nails studded the jade doors, and Colorful Phoenixes danced before vermilion gates. Ten thousand rays of rosy light and a thousand auspicious clouds poured down from within the Thirty-Three Heavens. Anyone on the ground in the Divine Capital who looked up could only see the sun blazing overhead. Its light was so dazzling that it seemed to contain boundless might and power, making it impossible to gaze directly at, let alone fathom any of its mysteries.
Below the White Jade Capital on the Thirty-Three Heavens, where the Heavenly Emperor dwelled, lay