The Jia Ma Empire was where the story began in the original novel.
In this barren land, besides Gu He, a sixth-grade alchemist, there had also emerged such inconceivable people and things as the terror-inducing innate calamity poison body, the Green Lotus Core Flame, the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, and the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
Over the past few days, Fan Tian had taken Zi Yan wandering aimlessly through the Holy City. Both were foodies, utterly indifferent to the dignity and decorum expected of a Peak Dou Emperor and a Peak Dou Zong.
The treasured collections in the vaults of the Alchemist Guild, the Jia Ma Imperial Family, and the Three Great Families were looted one after another. For a time, storms swept through the Jia Ma Empire, and every rustle of wind and cry of a crane set nerves on edge. Countless soldiers and experts from various factions searched the city for suspicious people.
Jia Xingtian, the Jia Ma Empire's guardian and a Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor, joined forces with Fa Ma, the president of the Alchemist Guild, to seal off Jia Ma Holy City completely. Then, using the alchemists' spiritual power in coordination with numerous experts, they began a thorough, sweeping search.
Collections accumulated over decades or even a century had vanished in just a few nights. A mighty Dou Emperor and a Peak Fifth-Grade Alchemist had noticed nothing. Since the Jia Ma Empire's founding, nothing so outrageous had ever happened.
"Investigate! Investigate every last lead!"
"Dig three feet into the ground if you have to, but find them!"
Dressed in a hemp robe, Jia Xingtian roared hysterically inside the imperial hall.
"Yes, Great-grandfather."
The eldest princess, Yao Ye, wore a purple robe embroidered with golden dragon patterns. Her slender waist and narrow hips swaying, she swept