It was, by all accounts, an ordinary day.
But then, the subjects of the Nanli Imperial Capital all heard a Phoenix Cry that soared to the heavens.
"SKREEE!"
The clear cry of a phoenix echoed through the Nine Heavens.
The people of the entire Imperial Capital saw a massive fire phoenix appear in the sky. Then, like a great roc spreading its wings, it dove down, plummeting toward the earth.
No one knew where it vanished.
It was gone without a trace.
The fire phoenix was the Celestial Mandate of the Nanli Dynasty.
That day, a mysterious man in a long robe and Jade Crown, followed by a woman in a Daoist Robe, walked out of the Nanli Imperial Palace.
Everyone felt a hollow emptiness in their hearts, as if something was missing, though they knew not what.
"You've taken the Nanli Celestial Mandate. That can't be good for the Cultivators of the Nanli Dynasty. With the National Fortune in decline, how many people will get stuck at their current Realm, unable to advance?"
