The Supreme Passed Down Through Antiquity; the Divine Lord Perished Across the Ten Directions

Long, long ago, in the ancient annals of history, there was such a legend.

According to the legend, the ancestors who ate raw meat and drank blood lived hand-to-mouth amid the forests, enduring all manner of calamities.

At last, the Supreme Heavenly God took pity on them and descended into the world with the Heavenly Empress, passing down the principles of slash-and-burn cultivation and the Fire Seed. The tribes steadily grew stronger and thus came to dominate the world.

But not long afterward, three evil gods appeared.

These three gods wrought evil across one region. They had once shattered the earth and tilted the heavens, and even unleashed a plague that stretched for tens of thousands of miles. None knew how many people had perished because of it.

The earth howled in grief, and the great calamity seemed as though it would never end.

At that moment, the followers of the Lord of Earth prayed to the heavens and received a response from the Supreme Heavenly God. Thus, the three evil gods were suppressed. Awed by the Supreme Heavenly God's might, the three gods submitted one after another, becoming three great guardians who protected the tribes.

In the end, the Supreme Heavenly God returned to the heavenly realm, while the three great guardian gods remained upon the earth, only to fall into slumber.

The ancient legend surfaced from the depths of Thunder Shadow's heart. After savoring it, Qiu Yan could not help but sigh.

"The shattered earth and tilted heavens are far too exaggerated. They probably were not describing my suppression of those three people, but incorporated scenes from the battle against Shi Jianhui, the Grand Preceptor of the previous dynasty, and the others. Still, this offers another angle from which to understand how myths and legends take shape,