Among the Mystic Gate sects under heaven, five were the oldest.
The first was the Mysterious Capital Palace. When the Supreme Dao Ancestor had appeared in this world, he had left his legacy to their branch. With strength that now surpassed every other sect, they were truly the eldest brother of the Mystic Gate. No one could dispute it.
Of the remaining four, the Yellow Heaven Sect, Divine Firmament Sect, and Celestial Master Sect all shared similar origins. Only the Jade Scenery Sect was different.
Though the ties between those three sects were tangled as roots, and they even had their share of conflicts, their founding masters had all been closely connected to the Ancient Heavenly Court. The founder of the Yellow Heaven Sect and the founder of the Divine Firmament Sect had both been central figures who held high office there. The latter had commanded the Thunder Bureau, wielding authority no less than that of the Five Directions and Five Emperors. Even the title "Celestial Master" had come from the Ancient Heavenly Court.
Yet all three had established their sects above the Ninefold Heavenly Firmament, in the Outer Void, and had even opened pocket worlds within their sects, each a realm unto itself. The founder of the Yellow Heaven Sect had created the Lesser Pure Void Realm; the Divine Firmament Sect had its Heaven of Nine Divine Empyrean Palaces; and the Celestial Master Sect had the Heaven of Yangping Administrative Capital.
As a successor of the Jade Scenery Sect and one of this world's most senior Tribulation Dharma cultivators, Yue Luan knew that this arrangement had been driven not only by the inevitable aftermath of heaven and earth breaking apart, but also by the state of the world itself.
Not long after the Ancient Heavenly Court fell, heaven and