The matter of the Primordial Imperial City came to a temporary close. Fire King remained in the Border Wasteland, concealed from the world so he could recover in peace and await the days to come.
He Mu, meanwhile, departed lightly, continuing his search for the mighty figures of the past to bolster the Nine Heavens' foundations.
The next time he returned to the Border Wasteland would be when the Primordial Imperial City reopened and Fire King fully recovered! When that happened, the Nine Heavens would surely resume its war with the Foreign Domain, changing the balance among all four realms.
The Foreign Domain was destined to be turned upside down because of this. All the karma of the past would be settled in full!
Of course, that was a story for later.
For now, He Mu still needed to strengthen the Nine Heavens' foundations and eliminate hidden dangers. There were many places he needed to visit, and his first destination was the "Lower Realm prison" connected to the Three Thousand Dao Provinces-the Eight Lower Realms.
Compared with the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, the Eight Lower Realms were barren lands: the so-called Lower Realm, a medicinal garden, and, moreover, a cage imprisoning Sin Blood, hardly worth mentioning.
To the Nine Heavens, they were even more insignificant, nothing more than an unnoticed corner of the world.
In truth, however, the eight realms held a great many secrets. If all of them were exposed, they would be enough to shock the Myriad Heavens, and might even overturn the Nine Heavens!
On the surface, the Lower Realm was naturally feeble beyond measure. Its strongest creatures were merely a few elderly Divine Fire Realm cultivators; it could not even produce a True God.
But that was only a corner of the vast ocean, like