King of Chu

Time flowed like water, and the years flew like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, it was the year 21,000 of the Great Wilderness Calendar.

Since the Dao Ancestor's three sermons, Purple Mansion True Persons had emerged across the land, each founding a sect.

The cultivation world bloomed with a hundred flowers, but the shape of the realm was gradually becoming clear.

Most of the Jing Son of Heaven's southern fiefdoms had been swallowed by Southern Chu, while the northern feudal states had been leveled by Northern Qi... The realm was divided in two, with the Xiang River as its border.

The capital of Southern Chu.

The Dark-Backed Red Phoenix Banner fluttered in the wind.

Shi Tianfeng gazed at the banner, a thousand thoughts stirring in his heart.

He wore a Water-path robe, with the Four Waters circling him. Lunar Yin light gathered behind him into four radiant rings. He was a Great True Person of Water Virtue with all four arts complete, his Purple Mansion perfected. He was qualified to seek an audience with a True Lord and petition for a Golden Seat!

"The Red Phoenix Banner..."

With a stir of his divine sense, Shi Tianfeng could see humans and Half-Demons mingling along the capital's broad avenues. Feather ornaments of every color were everywhere. It truly was a kingdom in its golden age.

As he looked toward the royal palace, the past came back to him:

"Back then... Great Chu formally allied with the Parasol Tree Golden Platform, and my royal brother entered it himself. Before long, rumors spread that he and First Phoenix, the Nine Chicks Facing the Sunborn Primordial Sovereign, had become dual-cultivation partners bound by a shared registry... The whole realm was shaken."

"Though my royal brother denied it, he truly left the position