Blessed to See an Immortal, Why Not Kneel?

The smoke of war from Xilang Prefecture had risen into the sky. Heaven was ever kind—or perhaps, having heard the signal of the immortal Retainers' grievous casualties, violet light ran wildly and aimlessly through the gathered storm clouds, like those Retainers beneath the Eternal City Wall who could find no path to life, finally letting out a mournful howl.

The drifting drizzle and autumn wind beat out the footsteps of time at the end of the ruined city's broken walls and shattered tiles. Though on the verge of collapse, they still welcomed the fine rain as it danced upon them.

The city doomed to be buried beneath the dust was making its final struggle.

A single, ill-timed spark suddenly landed atop a tall building. The tiles that wind and rain had failed to topple were set ablaze by that abrupt point of fire.

In but a moment, the entire ruined city thundered. It was as though a giant had split it apart with his hands from the middle; jagged sand and stone bulged up from the center, while scorching lava burst forth from the depths of the earth.

A few beasts that had made this city their home fled in terror, only to be Devoured by the magma. Even as they died, they never saw the source of the calamity. How could they have known that a great power and a Heavenly Immortal were racing through the Immortal Realm?

It was the vast, boundless Immortal Realm. Terracotta soldiers stood across its level earth, their bodies patterned in vivid colors. Tidal waves of flame and fireballs falling from the heavens crashed down without cease, and these terracotta soldiers, engulfed by the blaze, actually struggled in terror, despair in their eyes.

"Spirit Lord!!!"

Ancient General Gu An, clad in pitch-black armor and