Shining Sun Empire

## General Information

In this region, apart from the Shining Sun Empire, there were two other major empires—the Divine Wind Empire and the Azure Cloud Empire. These two empires were equally powerful as the Shining Sun Empire. In this region, the three major empires presented a situation of tripartite confrontation, with each empire being enemies with the others while also forming uneasy alliances among themselves.

## Past

A thousand years ago, the Great Demon Xuan Sha was able to semi-ravage the Shining Sun Empire. In a battle with the Emperor of the Shining Sun Empire, the Great Demon was defeated by the Emperor and suffered severe injuries, and he was sealed by the Emperor in the Ancient Abyss of the Fallen Deity.

## Structure

### Prime Ministers

* Ning Changgong (Left Minister — Profound Emperor Realm)
* Chong Yong (Right Minister — Profound Emperor Realm)

### Princes/Princesses

* Yu Shuang (Eldest Princess & Number One Beauty – **Frost Army** — Peak-Profound Sovereign Realm)
* Yu Fei (Prince — Peak-Nobility Realm)

### Elder Council

Elder Council is also a hidden treasure of the Empire. And the Empire's populace knows little about their existence. Those who can be part of the Imperial Elder Council are all individuals at the Late-Stage of the Profound Sovereign Realm or above.

### Imperial Army

* Chen Lie (Imperial God of War – Grand General & Minister — Peak-Profound Sovereign Realm)
* Yan Dao (Former) (Blade Emperor – Imperial General — Peak-Profound Sovereign Realm)
* Qin Guang (Ghost King – Commander of Qin Guang Division — Peak-Profound Sovereign Realm)

### Falcon Pavilion

The Falcon Pavilion, under the direct purview of the Shining Sun Emperor, stands as the foremost intelligence organization within the vast domain of the Shining Sun Empire. Together with the Hidden Wind Pavilion of the Divine Wind Empire and the Cloud Pursuit Pavilion of the Azure Cloud Empire, these three entities collectively constitute the most formidable intelligence agencies spanning the territories of the Three Major Empires.

### Imperial Guards

* Li Qingchen (Commander — Nobility Realm)

### Changlin Marquis Mansion

* Lin Tianxiong (Grand Marquis — Mid-Nobility Realm)
* Lin Yunyi (Young Marquis — Profound General Realm)

### Others

* Lin Fengchen (Member of the Shining Thunder City Lord's Mansion — Peak-Nobility Realm)

## Imperial Armies

**Blazing Flame**, **Frost**, **Divine Mourning**, **Shining Sun**, and the legendary and most mysterious **Underworld Ghost Army**, collectively known as the Empire's Five Supreme Armies, any one of these armies emerging would shake the world.

### **Underworld Ghost Army**

The **Underworld Ghost Army**, the most mysterious army of the Shining Sun Empire, is feared by all upon its emergence, and no one has ever seen the true face of the Underworld Ghost Army. Those who have seen it have all perished. Hence, the Underworld Ghost Army is also known as the Army of Death, and its appearance signifies the arrival of the Grim Reaper.

Since its establishment, the Underworld Ghost Army has only been deployed twice. The first time, it annihilated a Top-Tier Major Sect, taking only one night for that Major Sect to become a river of blood, reduced to ruins. The other time, it served as a deterrent to the other two great empires and battled their top-tier legions. Even with just a single division, it possesses incomparable power! When it wiped out the Top-Tier Major Sect, the Underworld Ghost Army only used a single division, but no one knew about it.

Among the Empire's Five Major Legions, the other four were considered the Empire's legions. Only the Underworld Ghost Army belonged to the Imperial Family, to the Emperor himself. They were the absolute loyalists of the Shining Sun Emperor, and insulting the Shining Sun Emperor was more infuriating to them than being killed.

## Sects

### Top-Tier Major Sects

* Soaring Feather Sect (Led by the Peak-Profound Sovereign —⁣ Lin Tiancheng)
* Azure Sea Sect (Led by the Peak-Profound Sovereign —⁣ Tian Sang)
* Four Directions Hall (Led by the Peak-Profound Sovereign —⁣ Shao Chen)
* Primordial Spirit Sect

### Major Sects

* Heavenly Heart Sect (Led by the Peak-Profound Sovereign —⁣ Jiang Tian)
* Formless Sect

## Alchemists

Within the **Shining Sun Empire**, the number of alchemists doesn't exceed ten, each of whom is an honored guest of the Shining Sun Emperor. Only the elite and powerful of the empire have the qualification to purchase pills from these alchemists.

In reality, there are many Alchemy Apprentices within the Shining Sun Empire, but they can't be considered true alchemists. At most, they can be deemed the assistants of alchemists. Only the Grand Alchemists can be truly called Alchemists. And within the Shining Sun Empire, there are 8 Grand Alchemists. Each one holds an extraordinary status within the empire.

In each of the three Major empires, there are 8 to 9 Grand Alchemists, making a total of over twenty Grand Alchemists. However, among these over 20 Grand Alchemists of the Three Major Empires, those who have reached the Eight-Rank or above definitely don't exceed the number you can count on one hand.

## Demon Sealing Conference

The Demon-Sealing Conference is led by the Shining Sun Empire's Imperial Family of the Three Major Empires of this region, and is a grand event that takes place every ten years for all the sects within the empire.

The Demon-Sealing Conference is held to suppress the Xuan Sha Great Demon that ravaged the entire Shining Sun Empire a thousand years ago. Due to the immense terror of the Xuan Sha Great Demon, even though he's sealed in the Ancient Abyss of the Fallen Deity, his pure demonic aura still leaks out, contaminating the areas where it was sealed.

The purpose of the Demon-Sealing Conference is for the strong cultivators from all the sects within the empire to hunt down the Demonic Beasts tainted by the released aura, thereby weakening the power of the Xuan Sha Great Demon.

However, this time, the one who issued the decree only allowed the Younger Generation Disciples to participate. As a result, all the sects are now crazily cultivating their disciples and seeking out talents in order to compete for the Top-Spot in the Demon-Sealing Conference.

## Locations

### Five Major Cities

* Shining Sun City (Imperial City)
* Shining Wind City
* Shining Snow City
* Shining Thunder City
* Shining Water City

### Others

* Water Abyss Forest (Outside the Shining Water City)
* Sunshine Mountains
* Ancient Abyss of the Fallen Deity (At the border of the Central Regions of the three Major Empires)
* Deity Manifestation City (Established by the Three Major Empires)