The Earth Is Higher Than the Sky

A new era dawns, with gods and humans sharing the world. Ancient gods and buddhas rise anew, and a new path of martial strength opens.

In the west are buddhas, with buddha and demon mingled together. In the east are gods, where light and darkness intermingle.

A land strewn with the grieving; one thought for all living things. With a will in your heart, the earth can reach higher than the sky.

Now, I, Emperor An, shall raise the Hua Banner and suppress the fortunes of the southern lands. From this day forth, I stand as an equal to the Buddha, the Jade Emperor, and the Ancestor of Dark Souls. The Land of Supreme Peace is established!

I appoint the Four Heavens, the Five Color Emperors, the Ten Great Immortals, the Twelve Star Chiefs, the Twenty-Four Earthly Luo, the Seventy-Two Venerables, and the One Hundred and Eighty Officials… seven hundred and twenty in all. From now on, the mountains and seas shall be the boundary, and north and south the dividing line.

Before the Gate of the Peaceful Heaven, gods and buddhas shall halt!

Bonus scenes:

1. “Oh, you say you glimpsed a corner of the previous cycle and want to kill me before I grow powerful? Then… guess. Am I Wang Shang’an now, or am I… Emperor An of the Boundless Immortal Land from before?”

2. A representative of the Land of Supreme Peace crosses her legs and says, “Oh? You want to remove our emperor? Fine. The people’s will comes first, so we agree.” The Heavenly Court representative breaks into a sweat. “I veto it!” The human representative says, “Wait, didn’t Your Highness say…” The Heavenly Court representative snaps, “Get lost! He’s at least on a par with the Four Emperors!”

3. “Oh, since the Ancestor of Humanity said to kill the demon race and establish the righteous gods, then I’m done.” In the sky, the array of celestial stars forms up. On the ground, Shennong grips his whip. “The Hua Banner will never fall, and the land of Yanxia will flourish forever! If a demon is good, then they are human. The human race has generations of endless prodigies. Why should we look to the gods and buddhas filling the sky for help?”

Heaven has its rules, earth its laws, and humanity its own code. Our King, Yi Yun, has established the Earthly Court. Fellow Daoists should know that the Heavenly Emperor and the Earthly Sovereign must not interfere with each other, not even by a hair’s breadth!

“I’d like to see how a woman could overturn the Nine Realms and Six Paths!”

“Shennong… Anle!”