"In just a short millennium, seventeen realms have fallen, transformed into playgrounds for the Strange Spirits.
Another thousand years, and the one to fall... will be the Qingshan Realm."
"To protect the Qingshan Realm, the Guangyao Society told me, we must gather the power of all artificers to craft the Wondrous Treasure of Light.
Only through Divine Enlightenment can we win a slim chance of survival.
For thirty years, even as more and more talented artificers concealed their identities to join us, we have failed."
The words etched on the slate were bland, but many present felt a trace of despair.
"There are three hundred thousand genius artificers in the Mystic Domain, each a true pride of heaven. If raised properly, they would become elites in their own right, some even achieving eternal fame," the Scholar in a Confucian Robe murmured.