The essence of the supreme Dao lay in the dim and unfathomable.
The pinnacle of the supreme Dao lay in darkness and silence.
Through these, enter seated oblivion.
Leave the world, leave causality, leave the Dao, and cultivate my supreme wound.
Return above the great light, ascend to the source of utmost Yang; cross the gate of the unfathomable, enter the abyss of utmost Yin; pay homage at the throne of the Central Firmament, wield the thunder of Supreme Truth in its stead.
I shared the radiance of the sun and moon; I endured alongside heaven and earth.
This was "Jade Void."
-The Jade Void Scripture of Forgetting the Dao
The north.
Snow fell all along the line from the Northern Sea to the Qinling Mountains-black, scorching snow. Countless spirit veins and treasured mountains were reverting to the mundane, and cultivators' magical power was shrinking at a terrifying pace. Those at Foundation Establishment could no longer even fly! Those of the Purple Mansion could no longer traverse the Great Void.
Dao Decline!
Dao Decline!
Dao Decline!
Billions of Heavenly Demons squeezed out from the bottom of the Great Void. Brilliant red light swayed incessantly as they swiftly built another world beyond the Three Realms, into which the desires and emotions of the mortal world surged madly.
Mystic Truth Star dimmed, sinking halfway into boundless twilight.
At the same time, [Heaven's Falsehood], representing "Withering," occupied the entire northern sky.
The blue-black demonic star resembled a face without shape or form, gazing mockingly upon the whole world. Falsehood taken to its utmost began to erase all reality from heaven and earth.
The Devil Ancestor.
The Second Demon.
What was his true name?
None of the living Golden Cores could remember this devil's true name. Even "True Qi" was utterly suppressed at this