That day, dark clouds hung overhead, and endless rain shrouded the entire Burning Flame Continent.
The Burning Flame Continent had an unusual climate. Fire energy ran thick, and temperatures stayed high year-round, yet several months each year brought unbroken rain and damp so pervasive that the sun might not show itself for days.
Mortals and cultivators alike had long since grown used to it. But just then, a shaft of daylight suddenly poured through the clouds. As time passed, more and more light fell, gradually illuminating the Burning Flame Continent.
"Daylight? Is the rainy season ending? But it isn't time yet."
"No, something's wrong..."
Sensing that something was amiss, cultivators began searching for the source of the strange phenomenon. Then they saw it: a streak of light that pierced heaven and earth.
"What is that..."
"Watch out! We're under attack!"
The cultivators of the Fire Dragon Grotto were the first to react, but it was already too late. Because of the Divine Dao Founding's concealment, they had sensed no danger beforehand.
In the next instant, divine light tore through the clouds, and the world blazed white.
Then the earth shook and the mountains swayed. The Fire Dragon Grotto's protective formation shuddered under the blow.
At the sight, the Fire Dragon Grotto's cultivators strained with bloodshot eyes to hold the formation steady. The attack had come too suddenly and too fiercely for them to do anything more.
Crack! Fractures spread across the formation's light barrier. As cultivator after cultivator coughed up blood, the Fire Dragon Grotto's protective formation began to collapse.
High in the sky, Divine Lord Weilie, Bloodslaughter Divine Lord, and Sinfire Sacred Venerable watched in silence.
Behind them, stars glimmered into view, forming a mysterious array laid out by the gods together. Compared with the immortal path, the divine