Two shining lights

Zheng Hu's story, like that of most within the walls of the Order, was one marred by misfortune.

From what he shared, Zheng Hu had been born in a town too sparse and underdeveloped to be considered a city, but too large and well-off to be considered a village.

Zheng Hu never got to spend much time in that town, and the time he did spend there was anything but pleasant.

Although the Southern Continent was so rich in resources that it could be considered a blessed land, tragedy, and death often struck it without rhyme or reason. One could throw a rock in any direction and hit a place cursed by misfortune. This was the fate of Zheng Hu's hometown.

Before he was born, for reasons unknown, a cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation realm decided to undergo their tribulation for the Palace realm within that town. The residents were none the wiser.