Mountain-Sea Profound Yellow Realm, Western Sea Region.
In other words, west of the East Sea of the Azure Firmament Dust-Dyed Realm.
The entire sea was crimson. Floating corpses piled up on its surface, and the internal organs of all manner of creatures lay scattered here and there across the water.
Yet despite this horrific, bloody scene, the Western Sea Region held not a trace of foul stench. Instead, a delicate fragrance lingered, and even the seawater, thick as blood, carried a sweet scent.
Qi-Blood in the sea condensed into shape, stems connecting to a blood-red lotus that bloomed quietly above the Western Sea Region. Within the lotus sat a white-haired Daoist, aged and withered.
Across from the lotus, rosy radiance filled the sky. Seven-colored precious light descending from endless dark clouds condensed into an exquisitely auspicious lotus dais, with another figure seated at its center.
The figure was a young girl. A Seven-Colored Halo spread behind her, her expression serene and her countenance solemn, as though she were divine.
Immortal Lord Duo Ning the Usurper, True Lord Rainbow-Haloed Rosy Clouds!
The ancestors of the Nine Serenities Lu Clan and the Hengyang Lu Clan: a Great Immortal Lord of the qi refining to immortality path and a Golden Core True Lord of the sha ingestion gang devoration path!
Immortal Lord Duo Ning the Usurper stared at the girl on the seven-colored lotus dais opposite him, his gaze grave. "Since the Primordial Era, the Lu Clan has been the orthodox lineage of the Mystic Gate's Demonic Dao. Isn't it laughable for the Principal Household to abandon evil and embrace righteousness?"
"Since the Hengyang Lu Clan has broken away from the Mystic Gate's Demonic Dao, my Nine Serenities Lu Clan should rightfully become the new Principal Household, the sole orthodox lineage of the