Water and Fire

Eastern Sovereign Heaven's ruins.

A stretch of golden roof tiles shattered. As though formed entirely from condensed sunlight, they gradually dissolved into radiance.

Not far away, the Mountain Ghost's huge, hideous head fell to the ground and instantly became a small hill.

With Eastern Sovereign Heaven destroyed, the Shaman God system suffered a devastating blow.

These Shaman Gods had rank and authority, but no Golden Seats of their own.

Once Eastern Sovereign Heaven, their hub and core, fell, the best they could hope for was an unstable rank and a forced reincarnation.

"The last glow of the Shamanic Way fades here..."

Water-Merging Moon Bane True Lord sighed. The assault on Eastern Sovereign Heaven had gone more smoothly than he had imagined.

He was, after all, a survivor of Great Jing, and he still felt a natural fondness for Shamanism.

But Heavenly Will toyed with men... Eastern Sovereign Taiyi had fallen in his sleep, and the Shaman Fruit Seat had returned to heaven and earth.

The Shamanic Way in this world was destined to decline.

When a Fruit Seat manifested, it was naturally a tremendous boon to cultivators.

But once a Fruit Seat fell into obscurity and no one attained it, cultivation inevitably grew more difficult.

"The lord of the Nether Bureau and that Female Earth Golden Core on the Western Continent... neither has made a move."

Vermilion Orbit Ember True Lord spoke.

"Clearly, that one doesn't care..."

At the thought, both True Lords felt a pang of melancholy. They raised their heads together and looked toward the heavens, where four suns hung in the sky!

Golden threads emerged from each sun and intertwined... They bore both the Great Sun's flames, which could destroy all things, and the authority to grant life to all things.

A bright strand of Golden Nature