"Then next, it's time to prepare to turn everything upside down."
"The more chaotic things become, the more I stand to gain, with nothing to lose."
He touched Little Red with a fingertip, and its blood-red feathers instantly changed color, their five-colored radiance glittering in the sunlight.
Ignoring its bewildered gaze, he patted its head, sat cross-legged on its back, and sped off into the distance.
"In this great age, amid these mighty currents, why not be the one who stirs the winds and clouds of the world?"
"Just thinking about it gives me something to look forward to."
The setting sun was red as blood, and a new storm was brewing.
Under the name of the Cloud Emperor, Shi Qingyun went straight to the Lei Family in Thunder Province and challenged their greatest prodigy of the current generation.
The result went without saying. He defeated him with a mere lift of his hand.
Lei Meng watched helplessly as he was defeated outright, like a child in Shi Qingyun's hands, his heart filled with dejection.
Though both were Venerables, the gulf between them was like a heavenly chasm. His Dao heart shattered outright, and his cultivation plummeted several stages.
Sensing Shi Qingyun's elusive aura and his immense, unhurried bearing, the Lei Family members guessed he was a monstrous prodigy from some great power and naturally dared not do anything further.
Thus, under the name of the Cloud Emperor, Shi Qingyun began traveling throughout the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, stirring up a tremendous storm wherever he went.
He challenged prodigies along the way and also encountered ambushes from numerous Heavenly Gods seeking revenge for the shattering of their own prodigies' Dao hearts.
But after the stars shone once, everything became simpler.
That day, stars blazed across the night sky, the stench