Beidou.
This was a divine land, where immortal mist drifted among endless strange peaks and rolling mountain ranges.
Magnificent palaces appeared and vanished in the haze. Dao Patterns shrouded them, drawing in and purifying the Heaven and Earth Essence for those here to cultivate.
"Why hasn't our emperor returned?"
"Of all the emperors of the Primordial Era, everyone except those whose crimes reached the heavens has returned. Our emperor never entered a Forbidden Zone. Why hasn't he returned in this age?"
The argument continued inside the grandest hall.
This was Divine Silkworm Ridge, and the emperor they spoke of was naturally the God Emperor.
Since the Ancient Clans had emerged and emperors across the ages had returned, much had been revealed, and people had noticed much else.
For instance, certain Heavenly Venerables and Ancient Emperors had not returned.
Reality was cruel and cold-blooded. Those revered emperors of the Primordial Era had entered Forbidden Zones, and people now called them grievous sinners.
Even the Imperial Clans they had left behind were ostracized and targeted.
Of course, they had brought it all upon themselves.
But Divine Silkworm Ridge faced a strange question: why hadn't their emperor returned?
Some in Divine Silkworm Ridge even wondered whether the Divine Silkworm Clan had somehow offended the Heavenly Emperor.
But that made no sense. Divine Silkworm Ridge had always been among the factions friendlier to the Human Race. How could they have offended the Heavenly Emperor?
After all, however formidable a divine silkworm might be, it was still a silkworm at heart. Even in the Primordial Era, they had had no fundamental conflict with the Human Race.
For this reason, the God Emperor's own son, the Divine Silkworm Daoist, had been going from one Imperial Clan to another, asking whether they could help him uncover any