Lingyang Realm, Origin Year 5,647,674.
The four Great Sages of the Demigod Race had returned from the dead. The divine runes suppressing the Dao that shrouded the Demigod Race's territory vanished overnight, shaking the whole world.
The following year, Jun Xuan succeeded as patriarch of the Demigod Race. He united all the Demigods within the Lingyang Realm, selected their elite, and issued a proclamation: in Heaven's name, they would punish the gods. Thus, they formally declared war on the God Race.
Compared to this news, another was even more shocking. Personally confirmed by the God King, the unparalleled prodigy who had appeared only once in countless ages—Yang—had fallen.
After word spread that Yang had slain four Great Sages in succession, rumors had begun circulating among the God Race that he might succeed the God King. Now came the sudden news of his death, with even its cause impossible to verify. Everything about it seemed strange.
That same year, the laws of heaven and earth in Lingyang underwent a strange change. The shackles grew heavier, and the strength that could be exerted within the realm fell to less than a third of what was possible outside it. The might of tribulations surged, and forming a domain became more than ten times as difficult.
The heartland of the God Race.
An ancient gray-green hall hung suspended in midair. All the higher-ups of the God Race, along with some of the powerful figures from the Demon and Devil Races, had received invitations and gathered there to discuss the war.
Not long before, the God King had announced that he was entering a death seclusion. The great power of the God Race had passed into Yin's hands, and all affairs had been left to her to manage.
"The Golden Crow clan is absent. The