The Divine Continent was bordered by seas to the east and west. To the south lay endless mountains, leading no one knew where, while the north was a wilderness of wastelands and desert.
Between a stretch of wasteland and range upon range of rolling mountains lay a wild forest.
Nestled against the mountains and beside the water, the forest resembled a paradise beyond the mortal world, isolated and without a trace of human habitation.
Yet no one knew that this place had another name, one enough to shake the Divine Land-
Tianwang Tomb!
Five hundred years ago, the Divine Land had been in turmoil, with rival states contending for supremacy.
In the Northwest at the time, the northern tribes had taken advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to march south, burning, killing, and plundering as they established numerous regimes dominated by foreign peoples.
Throughout the Northwest, the people of the Central Plains had been called "two-legged sheep" by those foreign peoples, slaughtered at will, and even boiled alive and eaten. The sight had been unbearable.
The Northwest had all but become a purgatory for the people of the Central Plains and a paradise for the foreign peoples.
Among the states of that era had been a foreign regime called Later Zhao.
At its height, Later Zhao had possessed vast territories and formidable national strength, holding sway over many foreign states in the Northwest.
After Later Zhao's emperor Shi Le died, his elder brother's son Shi Hu ascended the throne. His tyranny exceeded even Shi Le's, driving the various peoples into rebellion. When Shi Hu died, his sons fought over the throne, plunging Later Zhao into internal turmoil.
At that moment, a general from the Central Plains named Ran Min seized the opportunity to rise, taking the imperial throne