After 10 billion years, the continent of Tempest reformed itself under the watchful gaze of the Heavenly Tree, which had remained dormant for eons. With its revival, immense waves of Soul Qi cascaded across the land, awakening slumbering powers and ancient clans long hidden in deep seclusion. Among them, the Primordial Verdant Clan, an ancestral god clan, emerged from their millennia-long isolation. Their founder, an Ancestral Stage cultivator known only as the Verdant Sovereign, declared the clan's return to dominance, heralding a new era of cultivation and exploration.
In the first year, the Primordial Verdant Clan established their base at the foot of the Heavenly Tree, claiming the sacred ground as their ancestral territory. Their presence disrupted the balance of the land, drawing the attention of other ancient factions who had also awakened. These groups, though weaker, formed alliances to challenge the clan's control over the land's most potent source of Soul Qi. Conflicts began to erupt, but no one dared to challenge the Verdant Sovereign directly, as his power far exceeded anything the world had seen since its reformation.
By the fifth year, the surrounding regions were teeming with activity. New cultivators began awakening their Inner Soul Trees, influenced by the powerful Qi flowing from the Heavenly Tree. Magical beasts, previously dormant, re-emerged to stake their claims on the land, creating chaos in the untamed wilderness. Amid this turmoil, smaller clans and sects began to rise, seeking their own paths of cultivation while avoiding direct conflict with the Verdant Clan. The Verdant Sovereign, however, remained silent, observing the world's progress while focusing on unraveling the Heavenly Tree's mysteries.
By the eighth year, a sudden calamity struck. A fracture in the Heavenly Tree's roots released an ancient, chaotic force that had been sealed for eons. This energy swept across the land, corrupting weaker cultivators and beasts, creating what became known as Chaos Spawn—beings of immense destruction. The Verdant Clan, alongside allied factions, was forced to intervene, forging an uneasy truce with rival groups to protect the continent from annihilation.
In the final two years of the decade, the Primordial Verdant Clan emerged victorious, suppressing the Chaos Spawn and resealing the fractured root. However, the battles left scars across the land, and the balance of Soul Qi was disrupted. The Verdant Sovereign issued a decree to the world: the next 1,000 years would be an era of growth and understanding, not destruction. Thus, the first decade of the reformed Tempest continent ended, marking the start of a tenuous peace and the cultivation of new powers yet unseen.