Before chaos was divided, the Great Dao had no name.
Yuan Heng was born before chaos, cultivated the Dao of Balance, commanded order and equilibrium, and was the spirit of the primordial Heavenly Dao.
To sever his three corpses and avoid the covetous gaze of Hongjun, the devouring Demon God, he shattered his innate Dao Heart, the Chaos Pearl, and split it into three, transforming it into three great incarnations:
Cangtian commanded vitality and fortune, Huangtian stabilized the order of the earth's veins, and Xuantian wielded slaughter and judgment.
With the three corpses hidden away and his true body asleep, he would await Pangu's creation of the world and the stabilization of the Primordial World before seeking to return to his source.
But Hongjun harbored wolfish ambitions. Using the Purple Cloud Palace as his game board and the Sages as his pieces, he manipulated the tribulations, seeking to seize the three fragments of the Chaos Pearl and usurp the source of the Heavenly Dao.
The battle between dragons and phoenixes, the calamity of the witches and demons, the rise and fall of all living things... All became pieces in his game.
Everyone said the Heavenly Dao was cold and merciless, never knowing that it too had a path of cultivation, and a heart that wished to protect.
When Cangtian appeared in the world with compassion, Huangtian established dominion over the Nine Provinces, and Xuantian's sword struck down evil,
Yuan Heng awoke from his slumber, wielding the power of his three corpses to defy Hongjun's false mandate and shatter the game that had endured for eons.
He would be no emotionless rule, no puppet of heavenly law.
He would make balance his Dao, suppress the game with power, and protect the Primordial World with his heart.
From then on, the Primordial World would have no fixed fate, and all living beings would be more than mere pawns.
I am the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao is me!
