“Hehhehheh...”

AnAberrasaseverelywoundedmalecultivator.

Notfaraway,withinasmalldimensionalspace,seveakinglybeautifulfemalecultivatorslookedonwithworrytowardstheman.

Themaneerlesslyhandsome—sword-likebrowsandstarryeyesasdeepasthenightsky,radiatinginnatespiritualityandmystery.Hishighneandsharplydefinedlipsgavehimanobleappearance,whilegoldenrunesofglowingImmortalPowershimmeredacrosshisbody.Heappearedlikeasaintdesdingtothemortalrealm,traandaloof.Thebloodstainsonhimdidnotlessenhisradiaher,theysymbolizedhisresolvetoprotecttheworldandupholdtheDao.

Ho,allthepeakcultivatorsoftheThirdHeavenhadbeendevouredbytheAberra—onlyheremairugglingalooholdon.

Themansighed.

“There’snootherway...Imustsealyouaway.”

Hethensmiledgently,lookingatthesevehaffe.

“Mysevenbeloveds...weshallmeetagainilife.”

TheAberraapproachedcarelessly.

“Oh?Sealme?Hehheh...AsfarasIknow,tosealoneaspowerfusIrequiresasacrifice—yourownlife,yes?”

Amongthesevenstunningwomen,onealluringlydressedbeautyhadtearsathereyes.

“Yao...don’t...”

Themanforcedadeterminedsmile.

“WhenmyImmortalPowerisexhausted,Iwillfall.Butifyouwishtofallwithme...andilifemeetagainasDaopanions,thenshareyourImmortalPowerwithme!”

Withthat,afierceburstofImmortalPowereruptedfromhim,splittingintotwostreams—oransformedintoradiantrunesencirgtheAberra,thehtlyentwininghimandthesevenwomen.HispowerwassogreatthatthetangibleImmortalPowerevenboundtheinvisiblekarmicthreads,linkiogether,awaitingthewomen’sresponse.

Thoughtearsstreameddowntheirfaces,thesevenwomendidatetoshareypertoftheirImmortalPowerwithYao,evenactivatingForbiddenArtstoverttheirlifespanintoImmortalPower.

Atst,theAberrasehedangerandpanicked.

“Whatareyoudoing?Tradingyourlifeforathousand-yearseal?It’snotworthit!”

Nearlydepleted,Yao’svoicewasweakbutresolute.

“FortheThirdHeaven...fortheImmortalRealm...mylifeisworthit!”

Withthosewords,thegoldenrunesbzedbrilliantly.TheAberrafoughtfiercely,butthedesperateburningofsupremeimmortalcultivationprovedt.Thepurple-greenaberra’sresistanceweakenedgradually.Afterawhile,itlostallwilltoresist,turningintoagray-whitestatuestandingamidstthestarsea.Thismutatedbeastthatohreateheworldwasfinallysealed!

YaoandthesevehonlytraortalPower;theirlifespansexhausted,deathwasiable.

TheeightdeheirremainingImmortalPowerintoMemoryOrbstainingtheirlifetime’smemoriesandknowledge,pgtheminvariousiancegroundsYaohadestablished—waitingforthosewithfatetofindthemorfortheirreinations.Atthesametime,theyallowedthesectstheyfouochoosewhethertodisbandorwaitinreadiness.

Thus,handinhand,theeightdissolvedintodust,theirsoulslodgihilife’sreinatedspirits.Nearlyamillenniumpassed,andtheeightwerereborninthisuniverseoeranother.Yaobecameahumaninfant;thesevenwomenwererebornasdifferentradindividualsacrosstheThreeHeavens.

Thoughbornatdifferenttimes,theirkarmicthreadsremaiightlyiwined.

Theroadstheyoraveledinpastliveswouldbetreadagain—thistime,withmorestumblingsteps.

IntheFirstHeaven,withinanalmostunreachablesteltion,liesapcalledWater-BlueStar,namedforitsvastosthatpaintitazurefromafar.Thispisahsparseqienergy.OnaticalledEarth-Land,severaltriesgather,amongwhichisaprosperousnationnamedAwakenia—meaningenlighte,inspiration,andcarryingforwardthelegacy.

OnMarch10thofthatyear,amaleinfantwasbornwhowouldshaketheentireworld.

Atthesametime,strangewindshowledthroughtheThirdHeaven.ThoughtheAberra’ssealwouldstoverathousandyears,somewhereieeroftheThirdHeaven,apparentlythebeast’sdesdantquietlyobservedeverything,usingstrongMysticPowertoforciblybindYaoandthesealedAberraogether.

ThismeantthatthecloserYao’sreinationapproachedhispastpeak,theshortertheseal’sdurationwouldbee.

Oneman,o—

Theirfatedduelwouldbeginanew.

Butthiswasnottheirfirst.