On the eastern expanse of the Azure Sea, deep within the Dark Magnetic Haze, a barren isle drifted upon the powerful Qi Magnetic Field. Upon the island stood a thatched hut, and before it, Gui Liao, returned to his true form, lay coiled upon the ground, his demonic body shuddering violently as if enduring extreme agony.

With every massive tremor of his frame, strands of filthy blood wept from his flesh, and his demonic bones were refined anew. The Azure Dragon, manifested as a robust, middle-aged man, rested upon a lounge chair before the hut, his eyes narrowed as he watched Gui Liao, occasionally injecting strength to help refine the impurities of Gui Liao's demonic body.

He employed his unique method to help Gui Liao undergo a complete transformation, burning away the filth within his core, making his demonic bones as unyielding and tough as his own. Within this peculiar, mysterious magnetic field, the various energies of heaven and earth were in turmoil, birthing a strange fluctuation.

This fluctuation bore a distinct resemblance to the Origin Source; warriors cultivating here could perceive the subtle intricacies of the world more thoroughly and enhance their cultivation realms. This transformation had been slowly unfolding within the Dark Magnetic Haze ever since Shi Yan merged with the Origin Fruit.

The only beings who perceived this locale's marvelous subtleties, besides Shi Yan, were the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon. He took the Dark Magnetic Haze as his own without hesitation, transforming it into a domain exclusively for his Celestial Demon Clan.

Though it hadn't fully stabilized yet, he had first brought Gui Liao here. He held a firm plan in his mind: once the area stabilized, he intended to draw the promising younger generation of the Celestial Demon Clan, such as Zuo Shi and Cang Yun, here one by one.

At the periphery of the Dark Magnetic Haze, he erected a barrier with immense magical power. Unless a being possessed the bloodline of his Celestial Demon Clan, no warrior of any other race could penetrate deeply or benefit from this place.

At this moment, while slowly refining Gui Liao’s bones, he was deep in thought about something else entirely. Suddenly, his face twisted into an expression of profound shock.

He looked far toward the direction of the Celestial Demon Mountain Range. For the first time, his composure broke, and with one movement, he vanished from the Dark Magnetic Haze.

His figure warped and shifted, gradually coalescing above the Celestial Demon Mountain Range. Gazing upon the phantom manifestations of the White Tiger and Vermilion Bird's demon bodies appearing beside Shi Yan, his expression was intensely complex.

These were beings born alongside him in the Primordial Era, ones who, alongside him, were named the Four Sacred Ancestors of the Demon Race. Over the eons, they had perished one by one; only he remained alive in the mortal world.

Seeing the illusory demon bodies of those two now, it was as if he were instantly dragged into a torrent of time, unable to resist recalling the past. Scenes from bygone days flashed rapidly through his mind like a series of profound and magnificent tapestries.

The ignorance of early life, the joy of mutual communication, the wonder upon first grasping the subtle mysteries of heaven and earth, the anxiety and helplessness when the energy of the Divine Grace Continent withered, the fear and uncertainty upon leaving their homeland for the first time... All these experiences, he had walked through with the White Tiger and the Vermilion Bird, side by side through countless millennia.

Today, he was hailed as the Ancestor of the Celestial Demon Clan, striving for his race's prosperity, yet his companions and brethren from that time had long since vanished, having given everything they possibly could—even the final imprint of their souls—for the ideals and beliefs they once held. After such an immense stretch of years, seeing the illusions of his companions again made him dazed.

He momentarily forgot the purpose for which he had come. "Sacred Ancestor!" "Azure Dragon Sacred Ancestor!" From every corner of the Celestial Demon Mountain Range, members of the Celestial Demon Clan called out excitedly, their demonic eyes filled with reverence and adoration.

He snapped back from his reverie, looked at the phantoms next to the youth, and took a deep breath. "It seems the fusion of your Origin Flame has advanced further, enough to awaken their imprints.

Alas, you are not of our Celestial Demon Clan; otherwise, you would have been the best choice..." He suddenly remembered Gui Liao, remembered Cang Yun, and sighed inwardly. If only Gui Liao had obtained the origin of the Divine Grace Continent, if only Cang Yun's origin had been swapped with Shi Yan's origin—how wonderful that would have been...

Shi Yan frowned deeply, gazing at him. "You activated the Spirit Gathering Ancient Formation, causing the world energies of the Divine Grace Continent to flow into the Celestial Demon Mountain Range, leaving other regions depleted.

Are you not being overly selfish in seizing everything for the sake of your Celestial Demon Clan?" As he spoke, the illusions of the White Tiger and the Vermilion Bird gradually faded, dissipating like a wisp of smoke in the wind. "Selfish?

Overly so?" The Sacred Beast Azure Dragon was astonished. "Our lineage was nurtured here; this place is the mother of our Celestial Demon Clan.

Can taking things from our mother be called selfish? Since ancient times, this has been the home of our Celestial Demon Clan; everything here belongs to us.

Where does selfishness even come into play?" He paused, then let out a cold snort. "The Human Race, Demon Race, Sea Race, and all other races migrated here later; they are the outsiders!

After we left our homeland, they shamefully occupied the place that was rightfully ours. Allowing them to live here is already an act of supreme benevolence!" In the Primordial Era, the Divine Grace Continent birthed the Celestial Demon Clan.

Initially, the continent's energy was overwhelmingly abundant; spiritual energy was like an ocean, covering every corner of the world. The earliest members of the Celestial Demon Clan were incredibly powerful, knowing how to wield the forces of heaven and earth at birth, able to absorb world energy to refine their physical bodies and increase their strength.

The Celestial Demon Clan of that era, while constantly strengthening themselves, was also rapidly depleting the ancient continent's energy. Until one day, they discovered the ancient continent was entering a cycle of decline; the energy was insufficient to support their continued cultivation and growth.

By then, they possessed the ability to traverse the sea of stars. Beings like the Azure Dragon back then, much like Shi Yan initially, ventured into the star-sea, driven by a singular obsession to save their kin and friends, seeking a new world for their people among the stars.

They quickly discovered numerous life-bearing stars within the vast cosmos suitable for their cultivation, and thus, the Celestial Demon Clan gradually migrated, establishing footholds in various domains of the star-sea. Every ten thousand years marked a cycle.

After ten millennia, the heaven and earth energy of the Divine Grace Continent gradually replenished, beginning to absorb the residual energy of the cosmos once more. The stars abandoned by the Celestial Demon Clan were slowly discovered by other, weaker races.

They began to live there, becoming the masters of the continent. The God Clan, Human Clan, Demon Clan, and Sea Clan arrived in this era through different means.

Over the next tens of thousands of years, these races passed through the Primordial Era, the Ancient Era, and the Far Ancient Era, establishing themselves as the sovereigns of this place. The members of the Celestial Demon Clan wandered through the great star domains, and some returned to their homeland, cultivating diligently when the homeland's energy peaked during its cycle.

It was during this time that the Sacred Beast Vermilion Bird merged with the origin of the ancient continent, only to perish later in the star-sea. The Divine Grace Continent's energy would alternate between periods of flourishing and exhaustion.

The scattered Celestial Demon Clan members found cultivation sites on life-bearing stars categorized as levels six or seven across the universe. Once a star's energy was depleted, they would seek out a new one.

By continuously consuming new life-bearing stars, they avoided experiencing the depletion cycle of their original homeland. They grew accustomed to wandering beyond the borders, gradually forsaking their birthplace, becoming the only one among the Four Great Races not centered around their homeland but constantly adrift.

It was only when they clashed with the Nether Emperor Race and were decisively defeated that they recognized the subtle, mysterious link between their ancestral land and themselves. In the era ruled by the victorious Nether Emperor Race, a distinguished expert from their clan seized the Origin Fruit, and the entire race benefited immensely.

That era belonged to the Nether Emperor Race. All their members experienced accelerated cultivation speeds based on the changes of their ancestral star, causing their entire race to grow rapidly powerful.

The Celestial Demon Clan suffered the bitter consequences, retreating once more, hiding in the shadows, and stealthily shifting their ancestral land, the Divine Grace Continent, to the farthest reaches of the star-sea. They finally understood the mysterious, subtle connection between their ancestral star and the Origin Fruit.

In this most recent era, they resolved to participate in the struggle for the Origin Fruit within the Wilderness, intending to use their ancestral land and the Origin Fruit as a means for the Celestial Demon Clan to be reborn. However, when they dispatched powerful figures to the Divine Grace Continent, intending to gather the Origin Flame and merge with the entirety of the origin, they discovered that Shi Yan was already on the verge of completely merging with the continent's origin.

Without Shi Yan realizing it, the Celestial Demon Clan had originally intended to kill him and seize the origin. At that time, Xuan He and Philete of the Bloodthirsty lineage appeared, stating that Shi Yan was the inheritor of the Bloodthirsty Lord.

The sheer might of the Bloodthirsty lineage terrified and shook all forces in the universe, including the Celestial Demon Clan. Even though the Bloodthirsty lineage had been defeated in their war against the God Clan, their combat prowess remained terrifying.

The Celestial Demon Clan, having been the defeated party in their prior conflict with the Nether Emperor Race, was extremely wary of the Bloodthirsty lineage. This was because the Nether Emperor Race, which had conquered them, obtained the Origin Fruit in that era and should have dominated the star-sea for ten thousand years.

But due to the sudden appearance of the Bloodthirsty, the rules of heaven and earth were forcefully altered, suppressing the Nether Emperor Race's momentum. The Bloodthirsty lineage emerged abruptly and directly replaced the Nether Emperor Race as the supreme power.

This is why, when the God Clan rose, the Nether Emperor Race unhesitatingly allied with them to eliminate the Bloodthirsty lineage. The era that should have belonged to the Nether Emperor Race was abruptly terminated by the inexplicable arrival of the Bloodthirsty.

The emergence of the Bloodthirsty was the first time the rules of the ancient continent were altered, preventing the Nether Emperor Race, which had merged with the Origin Fruit, from reigning supreme for an entire era. For tens of thousands of years, the Bloodthirsty remained the sole anomaly, their appearance crushing a race that was poised for ascent, usurping the position of star-sea overlord through sheer force without ever merging with an Origin Fruit.

When the Celestial Demon Clan learned that the one appropriating the origin of their ancestral star was the Bloodthirsty's heir, they could only count themselves unlucky, believing their resurgence was hopeless. However, as the Sacred Beast Azure Dragon gradually awakened, he offered a new direction based on his unique insight.

He demanded that the members of the Celestial Demon Clan assist Shi Yan in acquiring the Origin Fruit. Since Shi Yan represented their ancestral land, as long as Shi Yan secured the Origin Fruit, the Celestial Demon Clan would benefit from Shi Yan's growing might.

Subsequently, the Celestial Demon Clan arranged for Cang Yun to go to the Ancient Demon Continent, endure untold hardships to acquire its origin, and then sent Cang Yun to the Wilderness to execute the Celestial Demon Clan's plan. They succeeded.

Shi Yan overpowered Hassen and Heige, gained the acknowledgment of the Wilderness, and integrated its origin. In their view, the great age of the Celestial Demon Clan was finally dawning; they considered this plan to be exquisitely, mysteriously perfect.

Across several eras, every continent that successfully merged with an Origin Fruit saw the race it nurtured become powerful for an entire epoch. There was only one exception—the appearance of the Bloodthirsty caused an anomaly, the only deviation ever recorded.

In everyone's eyes, only the Bloodthirsty could rewrite millennia of established rules. And now, the very individual capable of changing everything—the Bloodthirsty's successor—had happened to merge with the origin of their Celestial Demon Clan's ancestral star, integrating with the Origin Fruit.

With the prosperity of the Celestial Demon Clan secured, what force in this world could possibly stand against them? This was a plan that could be described as nothing short of perfect!