When Jing Lingzhen truly awakened now that his meridians were completely unsealed without a single restriction, the first memory to strike him was the tragic death of the Celestial Empress.
The atmosphere of the Celestial Spring seemed to crumble from existence around him and he was thrust into the past once again.
As per routine, the progenitor of the Celestial Hunters and Beasts, Jing Lingzhen, had returned from one of his demon extermination expeditions in the Mortal Realm.
His first visit upon his return from such duties was to the Celestial Empress's private garden in the upper heavens. However, as of lately, he'd been avoiding the God Empress due to internal conflictions.
Manipulated and controlled by Jian Mingyu over the last few years, Jing Lingzhen could no longer discern between the former bonds he shared with his Celestial Brethren and the villainous tasks entrusted to him by Jian Mingyu.
