"The truth behind the endless warfare in the Heavenly Splendor Domain is a tale of madness and revenge."
Ming Rihao cleared his throat and began explaining in detail to Yue Yang. "Ten thousand years ago, the Heavenly Splendor Domain was merely an ordinary region of the Western Heaven Realm, nothing special. The people could not exactly be said to live and work in peace and contentment, but they got by. Among its rulers, the Water Hall of the Central Divine Temple was the strongest. After that came the Three Houses and Five Sects. The various powers restrained and competed with one another; there were occasional small frictions over the years, but for the most part they coexisted peacefully. That balance was not shattered until the appearance of Conquest Queen Fei Wenli. In the battle beneath Conquest City, the old Domain Emperor of the Heavenly Splendor Domain died on the spot. The Three Houses and Five Sects also suffered grievous losses, their ranks dwindling away. Most importantly, the people somehow learned a terrifying piece of news: the Lord of the Water Hall, who had always served as the impartial arbiter among all factions, had in fact fallen long ago. Only an empty shell of the Water Hall remained, reduced to a puppet controlled by others."
Yue Yang frowned, trying hard to find some clue. "The Domain Emperor dying in battle is not surprising, but the Lord of the Water Hall had already fallen?"
Ming Rihao nodded firmly. "To conceal the news of the Water Hall Lord's death, the Central Divine Temple not only sent a new Water Hall Lord to take command, but also sank the Water God Palace, which had originally stood in the sky, into the White River known as the 'River of Sorrowing Geese and Grieving Swallows,' where