On Big Dipper Ancient Star, over the lands of the Eastern Wasteland, the atmosphere between heaven and earth was unbearably oppressive, as though even the air were about to congeal.
Throughout the Five Regions, even the Great Sages and Quasi-Venerables who had once roamed the Heavenly Domain and commanded all quarters could only tremble beneath the overwhelming imperial might.
This was a confrontation between the mightiest beings since ancient times. All the Venerables of the Heavenly Court, then at the height of its power, had arrived in the Eastern Wasteland, while almost all the ancient beings within the Forbidden Zones had awakened to face them. Even searching all of ancient history, one could scarcely find another situation so tense and perilous.
Seeing that the Venerables of the Heavenly Court refused to yield an inch, and that the White Tiger Divine Venerable who had emerged from who knew where even intended to launch an outright attack, the rulers of the great Forbidden Zones found themselves riding a tiger they could hardly dismount.
Of them all, the Mount Tiandang Forbidden Zone faced the thorniest situation. Mount Tiandang had acted first, only to have the Heavenly Court strip it of its dignity without the slightest scruple. Now that this karma had been forged, it was the party whose position was hardest to resolve.
Just as the two sides grew increasingly tense, swords drawn and bows bent, and were about to lose restraint, the figure in the Divine Ruins who had been the first to speak earlier spoke once again.
"Emperor Venerable is indeed correct. The Five-Colored Immortal Formation was a supreme treasure personally built by Immeasurable Heaven Venerable in bygone days, capable of serving as a foundation for ten thousand generations. Alas, Heaven's mandate did not favor Wuliang Dao Friend, and he departed