Taiyi Great World, the sky was washed-blue and clear, white clouds drifting leisurely.
The great desert stretched endlessly, ten thousand miles of yellow sand blanketing its broad, level ridges. Hillocks of old had turned into towering mountain ranges through the years, while a threadlike worm-trail at the horizon had become a vast, mighty river.
Vast changes had weathered the world; the years cycled on. When one returned after ten thousand years and looked back upon those days, they were no more than scattered flower petals and mottled yellow leaves. Only the great Dao bore the weight of time; Dharma carriages endured, evergreen through eternity.
Over those ten thousand years, the Shenyu Military Court reclaimed every Heavenly Domain once ravaged by demons and devils. Shi Fuyao, moreover, led powerful cultivators to suppress the deathly, utterly vile Ancient Immortal Forbidden Grounds, displaying a splendor that shook the ages.
These grand undertakings continually stirred the Dao hearts of all living beings in Supreme Unity. The Shenyu Military Court held the common people in its heart and had accomplished deeds unseen for all eternity, drawing even many peerless geniuses from the Primordial Academy to join.
Yet the Gu Family steadily declined, and for many years, not a single descendant had been born...
Two of their ancestors had protected Gu Shenyu's Dao for many years, blocking endless killing tribulations for him. Their bodies were covered in innumerable Dao wounds, and they no longer had the strength to command the Gu Family's affairs. They fell into a state of feigned-death slumber, able only to send this astonishing junior descendant this far.
The Gu Family's older generation of powerful cultivators had long since died in battle after battle, or passed away in meditation. Since the battle at Heaven-Sweeping Mountain, no one had attained the Dao and become