Vermilion Bird World.
An ancient, vast aura of wilderness pervaded every corner of the heavens.
Here, the Ten Thousand Mountains towered over the southern frontier, while countless barbarian tribes rooted themselves across the northern plains. Great demons and ancient demons soared through the skies and crossed the seas...
From the lowest-ranked tribes to the most elite ones, the gap between them was as vast as the divide between immortals and mortals.
"Screech—!"
An ancient Phoenix Bird let out a piercing cry, and countless heat waves instantly swept across a territory of ten thousand miles.
Within those mysterious, ancient mountains lay hidden innumerable dangers.
They were also known to outsiders as perilous forbidden lands—places where one entered only to die.
Deep within the mountains lay a crescent lake, tranquil as moonlight. Its clear waters carried a faint, hazy illusion.
The ancient Phoenix Bird hesitated in wary fear, circling outside the mountains.
Only when a tremendous disturbance suddenly burst forth before it, accompanied by a roar from an ancient bloodline that set its blood boiling, did the Phoenix Bird finally fly away in unwillingness.
Moonlight Lake remained calm and windless. The surroundings were utterly silent; not even ordinary woodland birds or beasts could be seen here.
Only the most powerful demons could sense the astonishing terror surrounding this lake.
Beside the mountains lay another equally tranquil stretch of forest.
A streak of light slowly appeared between heaven and earth. Like ripples on water, it gradually spread outward, and from within stepped a young cultivator.
Lu Qing raised his eyes and looked in all directions. In an instant, the Heavenly Secrets, Fate Allotment, and Cause and Effect of the surrounding area all entered his sight.
He saw the Phoenix Bird's cry from several breaths ago, and he also heard that roar from an