Beneath the Desert

Commanding Heavenly Tribulation

Azure Heaven Venerable, Purple Heaven Venerable, Azure Heaven Venerable, Yellow Heaven Venerable, Nether Heaven Venerable, Death Heaven Venerable, Curse Heaven Venerable, Heaven-Burning Venerable, Crimson Heaven Venerable—these were the names of the nine great Heaven Venerable factions passed down through the Immortal World.

Of course, Chen Xiao only learned these names after agreeing to Azure Heaven Venerable's request.

In truth, the names of these nine Heaven Venerables had already spread throughout the Immortal World in ancient times. The nine dazzling figures had joined forces to deploy the 'Mad Demon God-Confounding Grand Barrier,' completely sealing off the Outer Realm Battlefield and ending the Outer Realm Devils that had plagued the Immortal World for hundreds of millions of years, thus bringing the ancient era to an end.

Yet after the ancient era ended and the nine Heaven Venerables established the Mad Demon God-Confounding Grand Barrier, they vanished completely, disappearing without a trace from the Immortal World.

But Chen Xiao knew clearly that the nine Heaven Venerables who had established the Mad Demon God-Confounding Grand Barrier were not the so-called first generation of the nine great Heaven Venerables, but... the third generation!

The Azure Demon Hand fused into Chen Xiao's right hand had been left behind by the first Azure Heaven Venerable. After the first generation of Heaven Venerables, there had also been a second generation of nine Heaven Venerables, but those second-generation Heaven Venerables had accomplished nothing and could even be said to have lived in obscurity.

For when the second-generation Heaven Venerables emerged, the Ancient Heavenly Court Palace was at the height of its centralized rule. Even if those second-generation Heaven Venerables had wished to do something, they had been powerless.

What Chen Xiao could not understand, however, was why, beginning with the fourth generation, the nine Heaven Venerables