My mother’s talent was considered comparable to an average genius in Vermillion Bird. However, she suffered from Lifesbane for twenty years before awakening three bane-rings! This itself is a change that goes against destiny. And I awakened a bane-ring each day over ten days, which proves the number of bane-rings isn’t fixed! Our first ancestor, Li Shenxiao fought against Lifesbane for fifty years, becoming the first person blessed with the gifts of Lifesbane, Tianming thought.

Compared to the rest of the Li Saint Clan, Tianming had no trouble embracing the existence of the pentamoon skybane. Unlike the usual black, interlocked, bane-rings, Qingyu had five silver-blue moons that lay next to each other. Even the first ancestor had only possessed five ordinary...