Bring down Heaven...
Lai Mingjie's eyes dimmed as he heard those words. That was the sole thing he lived for... for about hundreds of years in his life as Emodao. He didn't manage to do this, and now the—wait. His glare shot to Mao Jixue, and he spoke with a hiss. "Reawaken the Abyss? Congeal a physical body? You need to explain more of that, Snowplume."
Mao Jixue only stared at him before relaxing, her body leaning on a side where her arm was behind her. "Let me start with what I uncovered first. A thousand years ago, there was a sudden imbalance in the mortal realm's heaven and earth energy. I thought it was just a strange phenomenon; who would have thought that it was because the Abyss was starting to spout fumes all over the realm. It only became apparent two years ago when the abyssal flowers started blooming in large numbers. Since Chartreuse was interested in them, I relieved her from her duties as the court herbalist and sent her down to investigate.
