The thirty-thousand-year Prohibition of Ancient Darkness seemed complex at first glance, but it was actually rather simple.

Roughly thirty thousand years prior, something about the Origins of the Azure had changed dramatically, resulting in drastic changes to the laws of heaven and earth.

A disaster of the Grand Dao befell the continent, devastating the grand orthodoxies scattered across the world.

This also created numerous rifts in the barrier between the Azure Continent and other worlds, giving otherworld cultivators an opening to exploit. 

In the blood-soaked Age of Ancient Darkness that followed, the cultivators of the Azure Continent were beset on all sides. The resulting turmoil was unprecedented. 

Those factions with an Imperial Realm expert left the Azure Continent altogether.

Those without were consigned to oblivion beneath the power of the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness.

Now, the Azure Continent’s spiritual energy was sparse, and only the ruins of those ancient orthodoxies remained. It had become a mundane realm.

…..

Su Yi saw far beyond this.

The change to the Origins of the Azure was like a creature opening its gaping maw, tirelessly devouring the spiritual energy of heaven and earth...