In February of the sixth year of the Genesis Era, February of the third year of the Great Huan Era, the Huan Kingdom formally held its "Kingdom Ascension Ceremony," drawing the winds and clouds of the world together!
In February of the fourth year of the Genesis Era, Huan King Jian Shang had formally founded his kingdom. Two years later, on the same day of the same month, he held the ceremony to advance his royal dynasty into an imperial dynasty.
Jian Shang, the world's foremost Otherworlder, had countless legendary exploits known throughout the land. He had spent four years campaigning north and south to establish the Huan Kingdom, then another two consolidating it before making his bid to rise to the rank of an imperial dynasty.
The morning sun rose, bathing the earth in warm, gentle light. The sky was clear and the air fresh-a fine day suited to every endeavor, refreshing both heart and mind!
Viewed from above, Nine Dragons Royal City shone with myriad colors beneath the sunlight. Rosy clouds floated directly above the royal palace, with nine dragons faintly visible winding through them, roaring at heaven and earth. Countless platforms of varying sizes stood throughout the royal city, each like a colossal pillar holding up the heavens, supporting the world of the Huan Kingdom.
At the center of Nine Dragons Royal City.
In the vast drilling square where the Huan King would offer sacrifices to Heaven, a structure three hundred zhang, six chi, and five cun tall and several li across thrust into the clouds like a pillar supporting the heavens. This was the heart of the Kingdom Ascension Ceremony... the Heaven-Sacrificing Altar. Its overall shape was an eight-trigram stepped pyramid, built from countless eight-trigram forms piled together!
At the very base of the Heaven-Sacrificing Altar