Oneman,o—

feisworthit!”

Theirfatedduelwouldbeginanew.

Atthesametime,strangewindshowledthroughtheThirdHeaven.ThoughtheAberra’ssealwouldstoverathousandyears,somewhereieeroftheThirdHeaven,apparentlythebeast’sdesdantquietlyobservedeverything,usingstrongMysticPowertoforciblybindYaoandthesealedAberraogether.

Thoughbornatdifferenttimes,theirkarmicthreadsremaiightlyiwined.

OnMarch10thofthatyear,amaleinfantwasbornwhowouldshaketheentireworld.

Theroadstheyoraveledinpastliveswouldbetreadagain—thistime,withmorestumblingsteps.

YaoandthesevehonlytraortalPower;theirlifespansexhausted,deathwasiable.

Withthosewords,thegoldenrunesbzedbrilliantly.TheAberrafoughtfiercely,butthedesperateburningofsupremeimmortalcultivationprovedt.Thepurple-greenaberra’sresistanceweakenedgradually.Afterawhile,itlostallwilltoresist,turningintoagray-whitestatuestandingamidstthestarsea.Thismutatedbeastthatohreateheworldwasfinallysealed!

TheeightdeheirremainingImmortalPowerintoMemoryOrbstainingtheirlifetime’smemoriesandknowledge,pgtheminvariousiancegroundsYaohadestablished—waitingforthosewithfatetofindthemorfortheirreinations.Atthesametime,theyallowedthesectstheyfouochoosewhethertodisbandorwaitinreadiness.

ThismeantthatthecloserYao’sreinationapproachedhispastpeak,theshortertheseal’sdurationwouldbee.

Thus,handinhand,theeightdissolvedintodust,theirsoulslodgihilife’sreinatedspirits.Nearlyamillenniumpassed,andtheeightwerereborninthisuniverseoeranother.Yaobecameahumaninfant;thesevenwomenwererebornasdifferentradindividualsacrosstheThreeHeavens.

Butthiswasnottheirfirst.

IntheFirstHeaven,withinanalmostunreachablesteltion,liesapcalledWater-BlueStar,namedforitsvastosthatpaintitazurefromafar.Thispisahsparseqienergy.OnaticalledEarth-Land,severaltriesgather,amongwhichisaprosperousnationnamedAwakenia—meaningenlighte,inspiration,andcarryingforwardthelegacy.