What course would history have taken if, long ago, after the battle between two emperors among immortals, a trace of darkness's origin had still crossed time and seeped into those sealed Nine Heavens and Ten Earths?
What course would the ages have taken if, in the future, that homeland the Celestial Emperor regarded as a treasure and a place of hope were tainted by darkness, nurturing one Dark Being after another, each destined to become an enemy?
In the Shrouding the Heavens universe of this timeline, darkness had never been regarded as something fallen, filthy, or evil. Instead, it was treated as a medium for sanctity, faith, and transcendence, becoming the most important presence in a cultivator's life.
It was the late Desolate Ancient Era in the Dark Shrouding the Heavens Universe. Whatever the timeline, Desolate Antiquity had never been an especially suitable age for cultivation.
Ever since the great upheaval at the End of the Primordial Era, Primordial Antiquity had drawn to a close, the myriad Daos had waned, and the starry skies had withered. The once-abundant primordial energy of heaven and earth had dwindled to an unimaginable degree.
Divine source liquid and saint-grade divine materials, once found everywhere, had become rare treasures. Following ancient edicts, many great clans had sealed themselves away in their entirety, hiding their whole populations in secret places to await a particular moment in the ages.
Yet the imperial clans that had ruled the starry skies during the Primordial Era might never have imagined that these actions would give another great race the chance to rise to its full glory. That race of boundless potential had all but lost its rivals. It took root throughout this vast universe, forging an age whose splendor rivaled Primordial Antiquity.
The Desolate Ancient Era belonged to the Human