Legend of the Heavenly Dao

The Southern Continent was vast and boundless, known since ancient times as the Divine Land or the Central Earth—a name signifying the heart of the world. Its immensity led later generations to divide it, according to its features, into six great regions: the Central Land, the Eastern Domain, the Southern Frontier, the Northern Desert, the Celestial Mountains, and the Western Wastes.

Immortal cultivation flourished across the Southern Continent. The strong were many, sects and clans innumerable, and they were the true masters of this land, controlling the majority of its people and resources. Yet, for all their power, they were ever at odds, clashing with one another for their own interests, embroiled in unending strife.

The Che Clan was an ancient family of cultivators. Ten thousand years ago, they dominated the Southern Continent, producing generations of formidable experts. They were recognized as one of the Ten Great Clans of the immortal world—a glory unparalleled in their time. Yet, even the mighty Che Clan could not withstand the erosion of time. As the ages passed, they faded into obscurity.

Even the renowned miscellany “Annals of the Southern Continent” records little about them; its sparse words only hint at the clan’s former prosperity, while the details have long vanished from history. Perhaps ten thousand years is too far removed, so distant that even the chronicles are blurred.

In the Southern Frontier, at the southeastern edge, lay Jizhou and the city of Guhe.

Above Guhe’s ancient walls hung a row of black and white battle ban