The Cold Night Gives Way to Dawn

In ancient times, five schools of cultivation clashed: the Military, Legalist, Buddhist, Yin-Yang, and Daoist schools. After ten thousand years of cultivation, each school produced a revered sage who glimpsed the Heavenly Dao. The Military school became the first to attain sainthood, advocating conquest to bring the world under its rule and challenging the other four schools. They waged a great battle above the Nine Heavens. One sword split the sky, drawing spiritual energy into the earth. The vast ocean of spiritual power turned into a torrential rain that poured down for a thousand years. Another sword cut through the mountains, dividing the seas and shaping the mountains and rivers of later generations. The two strikes gravely wounded the sages of the other four schools, and all five schools' sages perished, their souls scattered. The Military Sage's sword shattered into nine fragments, which fell across the world and lay buried underground, hidden from the light of day and shielded from Heaven's sight. Now, an ordinary man has found the first fragment of the hidden Military Dao. Driven by fate, he sets out on the path of immortal cultivation.