Proving the Dao in the Heart (Part 2)

The Red Heaven Calamity was a major event that occurred in Heaven's Center Realm eight thousand years ago.

At that time, Heaven's Center Realm did not yet have Nine Sacred Sovereigns, only seven. Nor did it have twelve upper realms, only seven realms, because one was not qualified to establish a realm without attaining sainthood.

But all of that changed because of the Red Heaven Calamity.

That year, a rumor suddenly emerged in Heaven's Center Realm, claiming that strange changes had appeared in the heavens and a calamitous apocalypse was impending. It even predicted ten great phenomena, including the Black Sun Illusion, Exquisite Maze, Mist-Cloud Heavenly Illusion, and more.

At first, no one believed it. But as the rumor spread, those so-called ten great phenomena began to appear one after another.

A black sun appeared in the sky, blotting out the light of sun and moon and shrouding the seven realms; the Exquisite Maze bewildered the hearts of tens of thousands, leaving them unable to escape where they stood; the Mist Splendor Heavenly Illusion turned heaven and earth upside down, layering karmic obstacles upon karmic obstacles...

As one phenomenon after another emerged, even those who had originally dismissed the matter gradually came to believe it.

At that point, someone proposed a method to dispel the apocalyptic calamity: establish more immortal realms and form a twelve-bead chain. Thus, most of Heaven's Center Realm believed it. Countless sects sprang into action, and even the Seven Sacred Sovereigns were taken in, supporting the plan for the twelve-bead chain.

The celestial phenomena continued without cease, their pressure advancing step by step. Heaven's will was unfathomable, and according to the rumor, if the Red Lotus Calamity appeared in the end, an apocalyptic heavenly disaster no one could withstand would descend. All cultivators practically risked their