Ten thousand years ago, the great era of the extraterritorial Turbid Tide swept across the heavens.
Turbid demons and turbid breath belonged to an extraterritorial Heavenly Dao system. They completely countered the Immortal Dao, ignored spiritual energy and spells, and could not be purified by immortal power.
The myriad races of the heavens teetered on the brink of extinction. Only the original, orthodox martial path could suppress the turbid, exterminate demons, and cleanse the world.
The sole supreme being of that age, the Martial Immortal Lord, Ling Chen,
held the core source of the heavens, the [Source of the Eternal Martial Immortal]. Fighting alone for ten thousand years, he suppressed countless turbid demons, sealed the extraterritorial passageways, and kept the Three Realms from falling.
When the calamity ended, the immortal sects basked in peace, but an extreme fear began to take root:
- The Immortal Dao was shackled by the Heavenly Dao, limited by spiritual energy, bound by a lifespan cap, and constrained by rules.
- Martial Immortals transcended the Heavenly Dao, were free of all restraints, relied on no spiritual energy, and overwhelmingly outmatched the entire Immortal Dao system.
To monopolize the orthodox voice of the heavens forever, the sect leaders launched a plan to rewrite the official history of the heavens:
1. Destroy all ancient records of the martial path, martial scriptures, and accounts of Martial Immortals.
2. Slander the "orthodox martial path of the heavens" as savage brute force and heretical magic.
3. Forcefully define the "acquired, derivative Immortal Dao" as the only righteous path in the heavens.
4. Erase the Martial Immortal Lord's deeds in saving the world and recast him as an "evil demon who brought chaos to the age."
Ling Chen saw through it all: the Heavenly Dao was unjust, the immortal sects were hypocritical, the people were cold-hearted, those who rendered service were doomed, and selflessness could never be proven.
He willingly relinquished his throne as Martial Immortal Emperor, destroyed his own eternal cultivation, tore apart his everlasting glory, and chose to fall into reincarnation.
He wanted only one lifetime as an ordinary mortal, free from concern for all living beings and the burden of fate, able to lie flat in peace and enjoy absolute freedom.
Make persistent efforts!