On the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month in the three thousand nine hundred and nineteenth year of the Dao Calendar, within the Southeast Domain, stood Tian Xing Cliff.

This precipice faced Qiang Qi to the north, overlooked Da Xia to the west, stood against Huo Shui to the south, and gazed upon Han Hai to the east. Its towering heights were rarely trod by outsiders. Upon this cliff stood three majestic palaces of law.

That day, as was customary, the scene remained one of “sea waves striking the cliff face, mountain winds buffeting the Yi Stones.”

The so-called “Yi Stone” was a unique rock found only on Tian Xing Cliff. Scattered across the mountain slopes, it could be seen everywhere, exhibiting myriad forms, yet invariably possessing a fundamentally square and upright base. Its greatest distinction from ordinary stones lay in the sound it produced whenever wind swept over it – a resonant, uniform call, as though someone were shouting loudly: “Wei!”

People believed it upheld the authority and dignity, the *Wei Yi*, of Tian Xing Cliff, and thus bestowed upon it the name Yi Stone. It was also known as the “Stone of Sheng Wei.”

A white-haired elder, his face partly concealed by a single eye patch, descended from the high heavens, making his way along the mountain path. He had foregone flight, choosing instead to ascend the broad, solemn path step by deliberate step.

Lifting his gaze, he beheld a law stele towering aloft, so grand that not even clouds dared to encircle it. The words upon the stele were like iron hooks scratched in silver, each stroke clear and distinct, profoundly impactful, as though they had not merely been inscribed upon the stone, but had left their mark upon heaven and earth itself.

The inscription read:

“Heaven may be punished, Earth receives the law, Men must abide by rules!”

These thirteen characters, flowing from top to bottom, stood firm between heaven and earth, resembling a constitution of gold and jade, possessing an untouchable majesty.

Just as the one-eyed elder looked up at the stele, a rigid, almost chiseled voice, as if descending from the Nine Heavens, boomed forth:

“True Person Yu! For what purpose do you come?”

The present era’s foremost Physiognomist, the one with the highest attainment in fate divination, the contemporary True Person whose calculation prowess stood unparalleled, Yu Bei Dou, still holding his gaze fixed upon the stele, posed his question: “May I ask, True Person Ju Kui, what is law?”

Amidst the surging mountain winds, that rigid voice replied: “Justice.”

Yu Bei Dou inquired further: “If there is injustice in the world, if something is not right, if rules are transgressed, to whom should I inquire?”

The voice responded: “Does it involve a single person? A single place? A single sect? A single country?”

Yu Bei Dou allowed a faint smile to play upon his lips: “It involves the strongest country in the present world, the foremost inner mansion of ancient and modern times!”

The voice fell silent for a moment before speaking again: “Please ascend to Gui Tian Palace.”

And then added: “True Person Yu should be aware of the rules.”

“True Person Ju Kui, you may not be fond of those who speak idly…” Yu Bei Dou shook his head, suppressing his smile, and said earnestly: “Should I speak falsely, heaven and earth may punish me!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

High above the cliff, lightning flashed and thunder rolled. Beside that eternal law stele, a door suddenly opened. It was a massive, ancient cast-iron gate, its surface covered in meticulously uniform horizontal and vertical lines, dividing it into countless equal-sized squares. The passage of years was etched upon it, and the glory of the sun and moon flowed within it.

In the instant it opened, even someone as powerful as Yu Bei Dou instinctively stooped by a third. As the door materialized, he felt as if the entire world had cast him out. As the door opened, he was once again encompassed by heaven and earth. But this “heaven and earth” was more rigorous, more bound by rules.

Yu Bei Dou merely cast a single glance before stepping inside.

Zhong Xuan Sheng soon learned what Jiang Wang had done. Wen Lian Mu finally understood why Lin Xian could utter such words, speaking of looking up at the absolute peak. This included Li Long Chuan, and Yan Fu, and Gao Zhe. It included the entire Xing Yue Yuan battlefield… No, the entire East Domain, the entire world, all places where human cultivators existed, were shaken by the name of one young prodigy!

His name was Jiang Wang!

For on the twenty-seventh day of the ninth month in the three thousand nine hundred and nineteenth year of the Dao Calendar, the present era’s foremost Physiognomist, Yu Bei Dou, emerged from Duan Hun Gorge in the south, personally journeyed to the holy land of the Law family, the Three Xing Palace, and before the Gui Tian Palace, declared to the entire world that Jiang Wang was not someone who had consorted with demons, nor had he committed any sin of consorting with demons!

He produced irrefutable evidence, speaking truly and abiding by the law, informing the world that Jiang Wang, in Duan Hun Gorge, had faced four alone, an inner mansion cultivator fighting and killing those of the Outer Building realm, slaying the three great Human Demons, Wan E, Shuo Rou, and Kan Tou, forcing the Human Demon Jie Mian to flee, breaking the legendary war record of the old man Tian Fu, and achieving the first blue history inner mansion!

Afterward, though injured, he bravely assisted Yu Bei Dou in suppressing and killing the Human Demon Suo Gua, who ranked second among the nine great Human Demons. Most importantly, Jiang Wang had aided him in suppressing and sealing the ancient Blood Demon source of the abyss, preventing the transmission of the “Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Gong”!

No demon race would ever treat the “Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Gong” in such a manner. No demon race spy could possibly treat the “Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Gong” like this! For a demonic canon of this level was a true holy object of the demon race, one that had permeated the long river of ancient history, all for the sake of its transmission and continuation. But for the demon race, to oppose it was to court death, regardless of the reasons.

And all of these statements had received the acknowledgment of the Three Xing Palace!

With the contemporary True Person Yu Bei Dou stepping forth, the holy land of the Law family, the Three Xing Palace, bearing witness, and the top-tier demonic canon “Extinguish Emotion Absolute Desire Blood Demon Gong” serving as a footnote, Jiang Wang’s sullied name was cleansed.

And the fact that Jing Guo’s Jing Shi Tai had secretly dispatched four military powerhouses of the Outer Building realm to capture Jiang Wang, desiring to handle this ironclad case quietly within Yu Jing Mountain, and after being counter-killed by Jiang Wang, had then directly declared his sin of consorting with demons, issued a pursuit order, and even dispatched the Shen Lin realm prodigy Zhao Xuan Yang… such actions became the greatest scandal for Jing Guo’s Jing Shi Tai in nearly a thousand years.

Thus, the world was set abuzz with discussion! People, whether actively or passively, were all debating one question: Did Jing Guo possess the right to determine the sins of a prodigy from another country?

Under the impetus of Qi Guo and Mu Guo, more and more influential figures in various countries of the world spoke out, questioning: If even Jiang Wang, a world-renowned chief of the Yellow River and originating from a hegemonic country like Qi Guo, could be arbitrarily captured and publicly tried without sin, suffering an evil name, had not Jing Guo’s era of unilateral dominance finally passed?

Had the pursuit of fairness and justice by the world’s column countries throughout the three thousand nine hundred and nineteen years of history been nothing but a joke? The justice sought at the Yellow River Prodigy Meeting, the fairness advocated after the Wan Yao Zhi Men… countless efforts had been expended by the column countries and their predecessors for this…

Had it arrived at the strongest country in the world, Jing Guo, where they could simply capture whomever they wished, declare whomever they wished to be sinful? Could the sacred ancient execute demon alliance treaty be used as a weapon to suppress the prodigies of other countries?

The world’s discussions boiled over, yet Jing Guo remained uncharacteristically silent, not uttering a single word in response. For those with true power and a global perspective, seizing this opportunity to weaken the influence of Jing Shi Tai and Yu Jing Mountain, and to re-evaluate Jing Guo’s present world authority, was, of course, the most important matter.

But for the majority of the world’s populace, the truly earth-shattering event was Jiang Wang breaking the record of the old man Tian Fu, forging a new legend, redefining the limit of the Tian Fu realm, and leaving his name in the history of cultivation. Jing Guo’s arrogance was nothing new. But a young prodigy, a peerless talent, who had struggled through the mire, braved all adversaries in the world, and finally challenged history, achieving the first blue history inner mansion, slaying human demons, and suppressing a demonic canon… this was an epic that made people cheer.

This was a living legend.

For a time, the world sang his praises!