Spring gave way to autumn, cold and heat took turns, and around the year 100070 of the New Calendar, the Vast Sea Domain's underworld passed its days in a bustle.
The commotion perhaps began with Li Chen, the newly ascended Grand Artisan.
On charges of high treason, he had taught Chess Mountain a harsh lesson, seizing land, cultivation provisions, and a considerable population of Common Folk, drawing sidelong looks from the public.
During that time, several major powers had also disciplined their vassals elsewhere and warned the disobedient, making quite a show of their might.
Then someone discovered an ancient continent deep in the void of the Vast Sea. The acquisition of a vast quantity of void origin crystals raised the curtain on a trade war, as every faction rushed to purchase strategic resources and stockpile goods.
When the Golden Sun Gate's turn came, however, an internal leak scandal erupted, and an elder stepped down to make way for the newly ascended Grand Artisan, Qi Maigu.
But the various factions paid little attention to his promotion. Only Li Chen and a handful of other friends sent their congratulations.
What drew far more public interest was the Blazing Sun Divine Thunder schematic taken by a traitor to the Golden Sun Gate.
No one knew what heaven-reaching abilities that traitor possessed. Despite being only a Foundation Establishment Master Artisan, he had managed to carry out a highly complete classified schematic, which ultimately fell into the hands of an underworld aristocratic clan surnamed Yang.
Upon hearing the news, the surrounding clans swiftly rallied around them, contributing plans and manpower and recruiting talented people. Within a mere half year, they thoroughly mastered the schematic and actually produced the first Blazing Sun Divine Thunder.
Thus another powerful faction emerged, and the remote, desolate region where