The shamanic formation looked like a massive black skull from a bystander’s perspective—the shamanic ancestor’s skull.

The skull should’ve been consumed in the sacrificial rites that’d taken place earlier, but just as Yun Yi and her family set up their plots, so did the shamanic ancestor and his daughter lay their plans.

The skull that the ancestor left behind had remained in the shamanic race during all this time. The race constantly refined it without pause. Given their otherworldly methods, they’d long since plumbed the depths of the empyrean strength within.

The five shamanic ancestors had disappeared because of this skull. After the ancestor died, they were the ones supporting the race so it wouldn’t become outwardly strong and inwardly brittle like the dragons....