No strange phenomena remained in the starry skies of the Northern Plains.
All the turmoil had subsided.
For five thousand years, a sovereign of the Northern Plains had held the world in his grip. He had established the Tu Shan Code, and its order reached every corner of the world. From mortals to the lofty Spirit Transformation Celestial Lords, all obeyed him with solemn respect, daring not overstep by the slightest measure.
Every Spirit Transformation Celestial Lord accepted his rule wholeheartedly and humbled themselves before him.
For beneath the throne in the Tushan Central Court lay countless bones, including those of many Spirit Transformation Celestial Lords. That glorious throne had been built upon the bones of countless mighty figures and their bright red blood.
And today, that peerless sovereign who had held the world in his grip
had finally ascended to the upper realm!
At that moment, nearly every Spirit Transformation Celestial Lord felt the heavens brighten. The dark clouds that had covered the world for five thousand years scattered in an instant.
The crushing pressure was gone;
the rigid rules that had caged them fell away at once. They knew better than anyone that those rules benefited everyone, yet a fierce desire to break them all and live free stirred within them;
the immortal path should be unbound and unfettered. Only that was true freedom, true transcendence!
"Finally, freedom..."
A female cultivator named Snow Kite Celestial Lord murmured to herself.
She was a newly advanced Spirit Transformation Celestial Lord who had come from the Tushan Maid Corps. Until now, she had lived under immense pressure, trembling with fear and careful never to attract the sovereign's attention.
She knew how many Celestial Lords in history had met their ends. Those accounts were recorded openly for all to read, neither hidden