The Great Void.
Stars glittered in the dark void. The brilliant ones were the celestial timekeepers of the manifested Dao Lineages, but such brightness was rare. Most stars were dim and obscure, or had even fallen into deathly stillness.
The Southern Dipper.
Six stars flickered, their radiance faint.
Within this ancient Star Domain, shattered continents, floating islands, and all manner of buildings from the Primordial Era could dimly be seen. Thunderbolts crisscrossed, and mysterious radiance wove through them like threads, still unleashing astonishing might whenever it stirred.
Merit flowed through the ruins.
A Mysterious Realm stood amid them, the mysteries of fortune, prosperity, and longevity evolving above it, answering all that transpired in the Mortal World.
[Merit Divine Realm]
Outside the realm lay a long road formed from white clouds. A woman in a white dress was walking along it, her face round and her hair ink-black, her steps heavy as she approached the realm's golden gateway.
She was Sui Bai, the youngest Divine Form of the Bai Ze lineage and the weakest in cultivation. Her Dao lay in "fortune."
Once she entered, dazzling white light greeted her. Three temples stood at the center, belonging respectively to the Three Officials of Heaven, Earth, and Water, all colored the mysterious yellow of merit.
"My lord."
She knelt and bowed, saying respectfully, "I have finished inspecting the Southern Dipper Star Domain. It has stopped collapsing in recent years. It seems our clan will be able to recuperate here for another thousand years."
"A thousand years-"
Streams of white qi flowed out of the central Heavenly Official's temple, eventually gathering into an enormous white beast's head. Ethereal clouds trailed behind it, while an Immortal Peach and a golden plum appeared atop its crown. Only the orchid was missing.
"If Nanxian hadn't