The True World was the birthplace of all the myriad worlds in The Supreme of One World. Most other worlds were Fragments of the River of Time, split off as it flowed, and could hardly compare.
Standing in this new realm, Fang Yang easily reached his conclusion with his first-heaven External Scene cultivation.
The True World!
He had ascended from the world of The Twin Dragons of Great Tang and arrived at the true heart of this realm: the chessboard where mighty beings placed their pieces, and a crucial battleground in the struggle for the Dao Fruit at the end of the age.
Fang Yang drew his gaze back from the world outside and turned to the hall behind him. Three bold characters stood on the plaque above its doors:
True Martial Hall.
Through the ancient doors, he saw a statue. Though carved from ordinary stone, it carried an ineffable Dao resonance.
True Martial Emperor!
The name surfaced inexplicably in Fang Yang's mind, telling him which mighty being the statue depicted.
True Martial Emperor, also known as the Demon-Suppressing Heavenly Lord, was one of this world's nine Daoist sovereigns. He had reached Creation Perfection, just one step from the Other Shore Realm.
Of course, beneath the Other Shore Realm, everyone was a piece on the board, whether a mighty being at Creation Perfection or an ordinary mortal.
What made True Martial Emperor unusual was that he had once served as the sole attendant of Dao Venerable, who had transcended the Other Shore Realm and attained the Dao Fruit before leaving this world.
"Not good!"
On the rear slopes of True Martial Mountain, an old Daoist suddenly sensed something amiss in the Ancestral Hall. His figure flickered and vanished, his Half-Step Dharma Body cultivation carrying him to the hall.
There, he