Darkness fell. Now, the Immortal Domain, that place that struck terror into the world, was instead the only bright spot in the mortal realm. The Blood Moon hung in the sky, its bewitching scarlet the brightest color on earth. Along the borders of the major powers, cultivators clashed through their spells, immortals clashed with living beings, and dazzling colors blazed.
The world's creatures watched dark clouds gradually devour the light. They raised their heads, instinctively seeking shelter from the coming thunderstorm. Humans retreated beneath the eaves, shouting that it was raining; beasts in the forests trod over dead leaves or leaped between branches, returning to caves or sheltering beneath rock faces; fish in lakes and oceans poked their heads out, awaiting the sweet rain bestowed by heaven.
Yet none of them had expected that the Endless Night that followed the first opening of heaven and earth would return tonight, countless years later.
That long, long Endless Night.
High in the heavens, Li Xiang had already heard the Heavenly Dao Prophet's roar. Perhaps the people of the world were bewildered, for only he and the Heavenly Dao Prophet understood what had actually happened.
When he and Deer Treasure ascended to the heavens to challenge the Heavenly Dao, he took control of the three thousand Great Daos in that battle.
He traveled to every corner of the mortal realm, but in truth, he was searching for every natural treasure in the world capable of forging a powerful physique. Those treasures came from everything this world had absorbed from the lower realms. The Immortal Realm might seem "superior," but the lower realms always held surprises. Just as even the most inconspicuous places in the mortal realm could give birth to astonishing aberrants.
Then he planted "Karma" in the Immortal Court and in every