Longevity and becoming immortal were the eternal, unchanging themes of the Shrouding the Heavens universe.
Before these two ultimate goals, everyone in the universe was like a small boat drifting with the tides of the age, struggling to survive while searching for an opportunity connected to the Road to Immortality.
Without a doubt, even the Ancient Emperors and Supremes who had once ruled the universe were merely travelers struggling to cross its waters.
Compared with those Supremes and Ancient Emperors, beings who had never attained the Dao were undoubtedly even more insignificant and blind. They often had no ability to discern shifts in the greater currents and could only follow behind the strongest, like rootless duckweed swept along by a mighty tide.
In the past, everyone had believed that the age's final turning point would come on Big Dipper Ancient Star. After all, Life Forbidden Zones such as the Primordial Ancient Mine and the Divine Ruins had taken root there many years ago. They were like beacons pointing out a clear path, filling all living beings with longing.
But more than three thousand years ago, some inexplicable change seemed to have occurred in that turning point.
That year, no fewer than four unfamiliar Extreme Dao beings had broken free of their seals in an unknown place. They sought to rule the starry heavens and suppress the Life Forbidden Zones, igniting a small-scale war and panic throughout the universe. It had even taken the reigning emperor and the Life Forbidden Zones acting together to eliminate that threat.
Afterward, the reigning Heng Emperor had personally descended upon Big Dipper Ancient Star and allied with the supreme beings in its forbidden zones. Together, they had traveled to the star region containing Gou Chen Ancient Star and ventured deep into an ancient minor world