Huai Province, Ting Commandery.
A pall of gloom hung over the Mysterious Balance Blessed Land.
Wind and rain fell out of season, and thunderbolts erupted at random.
The history of the Sky-Thunder Path had suffered Abyss-Severing. All the mysterious manifestations of its Immortal Foundations and Divine Abilities had shattered, never to form again. Even its cultivators had fallen in realm, and many had become mortals in a single day.
Upper Firmament suffered most. Ninety percent of its disciples had lost much of their cultivation. Countless spirit treasures and grand formations no longer responded; only things that accorded with primordial Sky Thunder could still be used to a limited extent.
The Purple Mansion methods had ceased to function. At most, one could reach Qi Refining, but no Immortal Foundation could form. Only the method of transcendence ascension could still cultivate Sky Thunder, yet this Ancient Immortal Dao was astonishingly difficult and far slower to practice. Even within Upper Firmament, few had any hope of succeeding.
Inside the Heavenly Capital Palace.
The Main Palace was dark, its lamplight faint. None of its former immortal splendor remained.
The immortal statue of [True Lord Si Tian Yanxiang Qingxiao] had collapsed into dust, losing all its wondrous powers. The Incense Offerings upon it had dwindled to a few wisps in an instant.
A golden lamp had been set above it, shaped like a jeweled flower and wreathed in Incense Offerings. Within it lay a speck of green spiritual light, in which a human figure could faintly be seen. It was Jiang Ming.
The former Attendant Envoy had lost all cultivation and fallen in realm. Only a fragment of True Spirit had survived through Golden Core means. Now Jiang Ming could only hide within this [Golden Radiance Nurturing Virtue Lamp], preserved by the Incense Offerings accumulated