At the summit of Heaven’s Gate Peak, Lu Yang sat upright in the Innate Hall, waiting respectfully for his master to arrive.1

The hall was desolate and quiet, with not a speck of dust to be seen. Wisps of incense smoke spiraled upwards, calming one’s heart. 0

Lu Yang noticed three plaques enshrined in the hall, dedicated to the Innate Daoist Priest, the Primordial Heavenly Sovereign, and the Vast Sea Daoist Lord respectively. 0

He knew all three of them; they held special meaning to the Dao-Seeking Sect.0

120,000 years ago, the Innate Daoist Priest left his Daoist temple and founded his own sect—the Dao-Seeking Sect. At that time, he was just a nondescript cultivator among tens of thousands other cultivators on the Central Continent. As such, the Dao-Seeking Sect was only a small sect at its inception. 1

100,000 years ago, the world was plunged into chaos, and an extraordinary...5