Upper Spirit Heaven.
Iron clouds stretched unbroken, and cold rain drifted down.
An endless dark-blue plain filled the eye. Human and animal bones jutted every which way from the soil, sheltering many spirit monsters. An azure heavenly falcon cut through the curtain of rain and landed lightly on a man's shoulder. Its long cry sent the surrounding evil spirits leaping in delight, transforming into countless streaks of iron-gray radiance.
Yelü Tan gently stroked the Azure Falcon on his shoulder. A trace of gravity appeared on his porcelain-white face as he stared fixedly at the Bronze Altar ahead, as though he could discern something.
"Coming again..."
Upper Spirit Heaven contained six domains: [Spirit], [Minor Evil], [White Bone], [Great Cold Year], [Azure Knight], and [Sky Wolf]. This Spirit Domain was sealed off from the outside, a world unto itself. Ordinarily, no one was permitted to enter, to encourage the birth of spirit monsters. After all, once someone observed them, spiritual awareness became difficult to develop.
Once spirit monsters were born here, they would be sent to the Minor Evil Domain through the Great Void Transposition Method. Only after nurturing and transformation did they truly become evil spirits that could be controlled. Those with outstanding spiritual awareness that had endured for a long time could also be called [Chang].
The ancients said that spirit monsters turned black after a thousand years and white after ten thousand. This was precisely why. Most had to endure a bitter, lengthy wait; cultivating on their own was even slower than it was for monsters! The Spirit Domain now served another purpose: an altar had been specially installed to receive the ghost god Shi Xian.
This should be Venerated Deity Shi Xian's second descent. Ever since Shock Thunder had been attained in the Northern Sea, decrees had always