The Cangling Continent is vast and boundless. In ancient times, humanity was weak and enslaved by the myriad demon clans. Then Emperor Sui opened the heavens and established the Heavenly Way of Spirit Dominion, and humanity began to rise. Emperor Xi and Divine Emperor inherited Emperor Sui's Heavenly Way, carrying it forward through the ages. Emperor Huang, Emperor Yang, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Yao, and Emperor Yu expanded the world in every direction, quelled calamities, demons, and monsters, and eventually ushered in humanity's ascendancy. Finally, the First Dragon of the Ying family slew the bloodlines of the myriad Demon Emperors, forged the Nine Provinces into a cauldron, and monopolized the Great Way of Heaven and Earth. His lingering might then weighed upon Cangling for ten thousand years. And that is the origin of the saying, "Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors, and One First Dragon." I am but a humble storyteller of the jianghu. Please, esteemed listeners, sit back and hear me tell the tale of the rise and fall of the Heavenly Way, and the heroes who rose one after another on the Cangling Continent.
