On the Other Shore of the Divine Sea lay the Finality Ancient Land.
Heaven and earth stretched empty and hazy. Boundless Chaos rolled in waves, flowing slowly through the void.
Ten thousand stars hung high in the sky, casting threads of pale light over the ancient land. It flickered between brightness and shadow, as though forever suspended on the brink of dawn.
A closer look revealed that these were no ordinary stars. Within each lay layered heavens, wilderness continents, and ancient races flourishing in all their diversity, suffused with rich Immortal Spirit Qi.
These were the legendary Lesser Thousand Worlds.
When heaven and earth first opened, the newborn universe expanded without cease. As it collided with Chaos, fragments of its origin broke away one after another. Only after countless eras of evolution did they become the Lesser Thousand Worlds of today.
Beyond the most common Cultivation Worlds, the countless depths of the Star Sea had also given birth to civilizations stranger than imagination.
In the Technology World, for instance, humans used Spiritual Qi as an energy source to forge all manner of optical computers and machines. Tall buildings filled its cities, a sight utterly unlike the Heavenly Realm.
In the Wilderness World, the Myriad Clans preyed on the weak and slaughtered one another, absorbing the blood essence of the strong to evolve.
In short, environments as different as heaven and earth had produced every kind of civilization across this Star Sea, their strengths just as uneven.
The lowest among them, such as the Spirit Speech World and the Puppet World, were weaker overall than ordinary lower realms. Huddled in the universe's remotest reaches, they barely made their presence felt.
The ancient Heavenly Domains with deep foundations, meanwhile, were no weaker than the Yun Cang Realm of today. Now and then,