[A Versatile Mage fanfiction with a focus on magical beasts]
He woke from a deep sleep, the dream fading away.
A sacred mountain stood among the white clouds, with Heaven perched atop its peak. The ancient Insect Queen had seized Heaven, while billions of insects watched hungrily.
In the Summoning Plane, a thousand clans of elves, pure-blooded dragons, and monsters capable of destroying nations formed a three-way standoff. Who would rule the tides of fate?
The secrets of the totems buried beneath the colorful Five-Flower Lake in Jiuzhaigou were about to bring the five-colored luanniao back into the world.
Chaka Salt Lake reflected the skies of another world. One grain of sand held a world, one crystal of salt a universe. The overlords of that other world called their troops to battle, and war drums thundered from the lake.
The mysterious insect-taming families of the Demon Capital possessed ancient arts of insect control. Whether one tamed insects or raised poisonous creatures came down to a single thought.
The Dark King’s soul still lingered in the world. A life can be ended with a single blow.
The Amazonian shaman summoned clouds and rain, the Antarctic Divine Emperor froze the world, and the mastermind behind it all appeared in the Sahara.
Was the chaos engulfing the world a coincidence or a conspiracy? What role had the Sacred City always played? What was the World Academy Competition really fighting over?