Heavenly Dao (In Honor of Alliance Leader Cu Liuxiang)

Later Chu.

Palaces stretched into the distance, radiant and magnificent.

Later Chu's territory amounted to less than thirty percent of Heavenly Chu's former lands, yet in just a few years, it had won over cultivators from every quarter and brought the people to submission.

After all, with two True Lords and numerous Shaman Gods lending their aid, it remained one of the foremost powers under heaven, even without the Phoenix's protection!

It simply no longer had the spirit to hold all under heaven in check and proclaim every land touched by sunlight the king's domain.

Inside a palace.

Black flames suddenly gathered across the sky. Fierce winds howled, sending shafts of light straight into the clouds.

The heavens darkened. Fengxi's true form appeared, roaming around the palace as though patrolling it on guard.

The black flames spread, carrying the essence of destruction and rekindling. They swiftly expanded to envelop an entire commandery.

Amid the dense Fire Virtue Spirit Atmosphere, a figure emerged from the palace. It was Shi Taiyi!

"Three years?"

He counted on his fingers and thought, Even thirty years would be a little short for an ordinary seclusion to break through to the Purple Mansion. I took only three...

The True Lords and Shaman Gods almost certainly know something is wrong with me, but they haven't confronted me... Either it isn't a serious problem, or it's so serious even they don't want to touch it...

At the same time, the Great Void trembled. Later Chu True Persons appeared one after another, delight showing on their faces. "Congratulations to True Person Taiyi on attaining a Divine Ability... Once all four arts are yours, our lord will have a claim..."

Meanwhile.

Inside a secluded palace.

"Ah!"

A young man seemed to have just awakened from a dream. He wiped