The Thousand Pavilion Valley, the Divine Ruins. 0

The land of the Divine Ruins was strange and unfathomable, filled with danger at every turn. Even Eminent Ones had to move with caution, for this place ranked among the most perilous in the world.0

Legend held that this vast realm, broader than the nine provinces, had been cut off from the heavens by Hallowed Li. As a result, it carried a terrifying spiritual nature that did not belong to the human world.0

But where danger existed, so too did opportunity.0

Many of the legendary and enchanted artifacts listed in the "Catalog of the Mortal World’s Ten Thousand Treasures" had been retrieved from the Divine Ruins. Numerous rare spirit plants had also been gathered here. For cultivators with grand ambitions, this place was a boundless trove of treasures.0

Over millions of years, humankind had gradually explored its outer regions. Some locations had been designated as safe zones, and slightly less perilous areas had even been charted. It was as though a fog-covered map had slowly begun to clear. Many treasure-filled locations, such as the Sword Domain Heavenly Palace, had already been discovered and quietly...0