"Celestial Person."
Within a cave abode in Heavenly Tribulation, thunderlight spilled outward, violet lightning poured across the ground, and silver lightning hung overhead. A figure sat serenely in meditation on a blue-green cushion. Xu Xuan had now entered secluded cultivation, intent on breaking through to the Purple Mansion.
Several months had passed since Liu Xiaowen returned to the mountain. According to what the Zhu Clan had said, the reckoning was drawing near, with only a little over a year remaining.
There had also been word from the Mystic Thunder Department. Song Shiming had sent a golden-armored divine general, subtly conveying his stance: as long as Xu Xuan was willing to leave Red Cloud and enter the Divine Dao, there was still room to negotiate over the coming Demon Turmoil.
"One plays the red face, the other the white. A fine scheme indeed."
He naturally understood that the true parties involved in Red Cloud were the Song Clan, Tai Zhen, and Dust-Sweeping. Those three had conspired to seek [Kunwei Heaven]. What they wanted was Great Scarlet's lineage, while the Mystic Thunder Department wanted him.
When Emperor Wang ascended the throne, Great Shu's allotted fortune was already nearing its end. Its Golden Cores either perished or ceased to respond. In the end, Bai Ze led the Demon Horde to besiege it, and the assembled ministers forced the Imperial House to its death. A Blackbird emerged from the corpse and landed in Red Cloud.
Wu Earth had already become Great Shu's private possession, hidden within a Grotto-Heaven. To find it now, they could only use their methods to reenact the past, repeatedly commanding the Demon Horde through the [White Marsh Diagram] and gradually suppressing and killing these surviving loyalists and their descendants.
Xu Xuan had considered it carefully. To protect his sect, he