The Heavenly Dao.
To the common cultivator, it was a source of wisdom, a goal of transcendence, and for some, it is the ultimate arbiter of justice.
But now, Haoran learned that it was actually nothing more than petty control freak of a thief.
It hid and worked in the background, influencing the entire world as if it were a grand, cosmic game of chess where the pieces were living souls.
It possessed a terrifying, nigh omnipotent reach and could alter a person's mind, rewrite the scripts of fate, and even distort the very fabric of reality—all for a singular, selfish purpose.
It worked tirelessly to protect its "Dogs," those chosen protagonists, from being killed so that the luck it had invested in them could remain secure and continue to plunder the world's essence.
