"Is this the Seven-Colored Immortal Domain?"
Looking upon the Seven-Colored Immortal Domain before him, Chen Nianzhi murmured softly, memories of its origins rising unbidden in his eyes.
As one of the hundred immortal spirit races, the Immortal Scallop Race had been exceedingly glorious in ancient times. This lineage could absorb and exhale Chaos Sea water, transforming it into innate scallop pearls. It had produced twelve Daluo Golden Immortals, and the Nine-Colored Immortal Shellfish Ancestor, a Hunyuan Emperor, had once held the chaos at bay.
Back then, the Immortal Scallop Race might not have ranked among the very foremost of the hundred immortal spirit races, but it had at least been among the top thirty.
Unfortunately, in the battle at the end of the ancient era, the Immortal Scallop Race's ancestor vanished into the chaos. More than half of its twelve Daluo Golden Immortals perished as well, and they had yet to return completely. As a result, the Immortal Scallop Race's strength plummeted to the lower ranks of the hundred immortal spirit races.
Had that been all, the Immortal Scallop Race could still have relied upon its former foundations to uphold the dignity of one of the hundred immortal spirit races.
Yet more than one calamity cycle ago, Purple Yin Immortal Lord emerged out of nowhere, and the Immortal Scallop Race struck up a friendship with him.
To help Purple Yin Immortal Lord attain the Chaos Heavenly Emperor Dao, the Immortal Scallop Race had nearly given everything it possessed. In the end, however, it had nearly collapsed entirely.
After that battle, several of the Immortal Scallop Race's Daluo Golden Immortals had fallen. Only Seven-Colored Immortal Lord had barely preserved his life through a supreme treasure left behind by their ancestor.
Because of this, the Immortal Scallop Race's strength had declined sharply,