The wheels of history rolled onward. One month after Fang Qingyuan took a concubine, a strange, winged humanoid flew into the forward section of Awakening Lion Valley, within the Barbaric Wilderness, over a Land Realm blanketed in vegetation that glowed with a dark, blood-red sheen.
Its limbs had mutated into a bird-like form, and its face was inhuman. Its mouth had become a long, curved, and sharp beak, and when it opened and closed, fine, sharp teeth glinted coldly from within.
The creature beat its wings and landed atop a tall tree. It then faced the area where the blood-red hue was most concentrated and shouted:
"Blood Saber, the Mountain Monarch summons you. Awaken at once."
In the center of the blood-red vegetation was a placid, ancient well of unknown age. At the winged creature's words, it began to gurgle, and bubbles rose to the surface.
"Hah... you're noisy."
