【Prologue】:TiesofKarma,teWeelofFateTurs

edthesectstheyfouochoosewhethertodisbandorwaitinreadiness.

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

    Thoughbornatdifferenttimes,theirkarmicthreadsremaiightlyiwined.

    Theroadstheyoraveledinpastliveswouldbetreadagain—thistime,withmorestumblingsteps.

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

    OnMarch10thofthatyear,amaleinfantwasbornwhowouldshaketheentireworld.

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

    ThismeantthatthecloserYao’sreinationapproachedhispastpeak,theshortertheseal’sdurationwouldbee.

    Oneman,o—

    Theirfatedduelwouldbeginanew.

    Butthiswasnottheirfirst.