preface

    Thetwotribesofhumansanddemonshavebeenfightingforhundredsofyears，onapar

    Thehumanracehasbeenunitedforthousandsofyearsandhasbeenruledbytheemperor

    ThecurrentEmperorisoneofthefewcosmicrealmpowersintheTianlanRealm，andhissonhasalsobecomeaquasicosmicrealmpowerinrecentyears，knownasthe“FirstWonderoftheAges“

    Inadditiontotheabovetwo，therearealsofourquasicosmicrealmpowersandtwelvemartialemperorpowers

    LegendhasitthatatthepeakofMountKunlun，oneoftheFiveElementsMountainsofSuFu，thereisalsoanoldmanwhoismorepowerfulthantheEmperorandisabouttoenteranunknownrealmhigherthantheuniverse

    Accordingtolocals，sometimesyoucanseeacloudofdestructionabovetheFireMountain，butwhenyouenterthemountain，youcanonlyseesomeillusions.Somepeoplespeculatethatthereisabarrieronthemountainthatnoonecansolve

    Thisseniormayhavesuccessfullyenteredtheunknownrealmandbecomeimmortal

    Inshort，thehumanracewasinanunprecedentedperiodofprosperity，andasaresult，itsterritoryexpandedsignificantly，unprecedentedinhistory

    Ontheotherhand，thelasttimetheDemonClanunitedwasintheBattleofCreationover1000yearsago，becausetheHumanClanhadfive“FiveElementElementsOldMen“-theGoldGod，theWoodGod，theWaterGod，theFireGod，andtheEarthGod-aswellasthetwohighestroyalwarriors，theEmperorandtheSupremeEmperor，withatotalofsevenunparalleledpowerfulindividualsinunknownrealms

    TheDemonClanisdividedintothreemajortribes，withonebeingtheMotoClan，onebeingtheWindwoodClan，threebeingtheXinyeClan，andsevenbeingtheHumanClancomparedtofivebeingtheDemonClan，forminganoverwhelmingadvantage

    Asaresult，thecontinuouscivilwarledtothefirstcollaborationoftheDemonClan，whichbecameahistoriceventrecordedinhistory

    Thatbattlewasfoughttothebrinkofcollapse

    Firstly，onemonthafterthestartofthewar，theEmperorwentberserkanddied

    DuringtheFirstWar，theGrandElderoftheXinyetribewassurroundedandkilledbytheWaterGodandFireGod，resultinginthesacrificeof16humansand12demonsintheUniverseReal

    OntheeveofWorldWarII，JinShenandMuShenwereassassinated，andJinShensacrificedhimselftoprotectMuShen.MuShenwasseriouslyinjuredandsoonpassedawayfromillness.Beforehisdeath，helookedbackandshouted，'Heaven!'，Breathoutanddie

    TheFireGodhaslostcontactanditswhereaboutsareunknown

    Fromthenon，thesituationgraduallyshiftedtowardstheDemonClan

    TheGoldenGodisthestrongestandmostdefensiveamongtheFiveGods;MuShenistheonlystronghealerinthemortalworld，andwhentheygotogether，theyformastrongalliance，makingitlesslikelytobekilled

    AndbeforethedeathoftheWoodGod，heshouted“Heaven“，sotheWaterGodspeculatedthattherewasashadowoftheHeavenlyRealmbehindthisassassination，andtheassassinwashighlylikelysentbyheaven，eveniftheDemonClanwasamemberoftheHeavenlyReal

    Thiswar，whichshouldhavebeenadividedvictoryordefeat，hasbecomeunpredictableandsuspiciousduetothisassassination，tothepointwherethereisnohistorybookoranyhistoricalrecordoftheThirdandFourthWars，onlytheresultsareknown

    InthelibraryoftheLonelyandProudCityLord'sMansion，QinFengfurrowedhisbrowandmuttered:

    Thisistheseventhtime，whatexactlyistheresul

    Ashespoke，heclosedthebook

    Cough，cough，cough，ah，thediseaseisgettingworseandworse

    XiaoFeng，youshouldrestearly

    Well，General

    Buthedidn'tnoticethattherewereafewsmallgraycharacterswrittenonthesideofthebook，'ThetruthliesinTianjiMansion'

    Thedimoillampwentoutandhefellasleep.Hehadaverystrangedream

    Hedreamedtha

    Apersonwithlongwingssaidsomething，madeagesture，andthenflippedtheirwingsafewtimes

    Severalthunderboltshittwopeople

    Onepersonconjuredupaseeminglyhardshield，fightingdesperatelytolettheotherpersongo

    Thatpersondidn'tleaveevenafterhedied，buthestilllef

    And

    Andthenit'sgone

    Athousandmilesaway，onaloomingmountainpeak，asmallcityfloats，withitsnamewrittenonitsgate

    Alongsighcamefromthelord'smansion:“Xuanyuan，Ifeelguiltytowardsyou

    Lookingbackattheplaqueonthetopofthecitygate，itseemedtobeengravedwiththreeweatheredcharacters-“TianjiMansion“

    (Endofthischapter)