Yama's Remnant Seal, Void Absorbs Spirit (Part One)

Between the vast heavens and earth lay a region east of the Northern Wastes, north of the Yin Mountains-Blackwater River line, west of Lan Hai Mountain, and south of the North Pole—a dead land where earthfire and lava erupted day after day, month after month, year after year.

Here, a black storm stretching for countless thousands of miles had only just subsided. Moisture from the Eastern Sea was blocked by Lan Hai Mountain, which towered into the clouds; the North Pole's cold currents tangled with the erupting earthfire. The world's vital energy was dry and chaotic, poison gas flowed through the air at every moment, and the place perfectly matched people's image of heretical demons and Outer Dao. It was, indeed, the former headquarters of the Primordial Demon Sect:

The boundless Earth Fire Demon Palace.

After the internal strife of those years, the Earth Fire Demon Palace had lain dormant for a long time and had truly relinquished its rule over the various branches of the demon sect. Though rumors still circulated within the demonic path that a great figure of the Free Heavenly Demon rank was stationed here, no one had seen such a person in the flesh. Gradually, many stopped taking it seriously.

In this present age, the Earth Fire Demon Palace's cultivators had been described as "treasury keepers," mocked for living half-dead lives by relying on the Taiyuan Heavenly Demon Fundamental Scripture, sealed deep within nearly ten thousand miles of earthfire and containing countless Heavenly Demon Gates, as well as the Sacred Canon, which recorded the true names of every registered demon cultivator. They collected fees each year for borrowing and inquiries, then took a few benefits during sacrificial rites.

No matter what, life here moved at a remarkably slow pace. By comparison, Feng Wang's hurried steps