Shrouding the Heavens

It wasn’t that their mysterious arts surpassed the ancient scriptures of the Sacred Lands. Rather, their ‘Dao’ was exclusively created for killing, making it impossible to defend against. They aimed to achieve the Supreme Dao Fruit through this path.

All three ancient Assassin Divine Dynasties had slain ancient sages. Who wouldn’t fear such terrifying forces? Moreover, they had also produced peerless Killing Saints.

Those who reached the Saint Realm through the Dao of killing… Just thinking about them made one’s scalp tingle. Their lives were spent crawling out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood. They wielded unmatched Holy Techniques for slaughter, and if they targeted someone for assassination, that person’s death was nearly certain.

Before the Ancient Desolation, the names Celestial Court, Mortal World, and Hell represented paramount intimidation; none dared to oppose them.

However, this intangible atmosphere of horror made all the Sacred Lands extremely uneasy and dissatisfied. Ultimately, they joined forces against the three Assassin Divine Dynasties.

The Sacred Lands chose their timing well. At that time, they had all developed to a state of extreme prosperity, and several supreme sages had emerged, while the old sages of the three great Assassin Divine Dynasties were on the verge of passing away from old age, with no successors yet apparent.

That was a world-shocking war Before the Ancient Desolation. All the Sacred Lands participated. Such a conflict had rarely occurred since antiquity and could be considered a calamity for the human race.

In that battle, the land was bathed in blood. The ancient Assassin Divine Dynasties, with their pervasive reach, assassinated targets everywhere. It was an intensely dark era of bloodshed, where countless top experts fell.

In the end, the Sacred Lands, with their absolute strength, held the upper hand. They used peak weapons to eliminate the old sages of the three Divine Dynasties who were on the verge of passing, thereby achieving victory in one fell swoop.

Ranked first, the celestial court was fragmented and thoroughly eradicated, with no continuation of its inheritance, as the Sacred Lands focused their assault on this Divine Dynasty, killing all of its top experts.

The two ancient Assassin Divine Dynasties, Mortal World and Hell, were not completely annihilated. However, they vanished after that war, never returning to their former glory.

Because they knew that without a Great Emperor’s Extreme Dao Holy Weapon in hand, they could not withstand its suppressive power. This was true even though their individual killing power was unmatched and their assassination skills were indomitable.

It is said that these two Assassin Divine Dynasties fled to the Central States, leaving the Eastern Wastelands behind. However, some claim the Eastern Wastelands remained their main base of operations, albeit an extremely low-key one.

In the Post-Ancient Desolation Era, ‘Mortal World’ and ‘Hell’ appeared again. Yet, they never dominated as they had Before the Ancient Desolation, a time when even the various Sacred Lands would retreat before them.

“Celestial court… you’re saying this is the Supreme Killing Technique of the ancient foremost Assassin Divine Dynasty?” They were stunned.

This snow-white, jade-like skeleton truly belonged to someone from over a hundred thousand years ago, an apex assassin of the celestial court who had died here.

Imagining the dark turmoil of that time, all powers had united against the Assassin Divine Dynasties, with the celestial court heavily assaulted. This person must have found nowhere to escape and fled into the Undying Mountain.

Ye Fan and the others finally understood why the Saint’s Divine Skin and the golden token exuded such a bone-chilling killing intent that was so hard for them to bear. The relics and nine secret arts of the foremost ancient Assassin Divine Dynasty would naturally be so.

“This needs careful study. It’s a terrifying and ancient inheritance. Even if not used for assassinating others, it would be more than sufficient for self-preservation!” Ye Fan examined it closely.

Currently, he severely lacked various Holy Techniques. The Golden Winged Little Peng King and the Saint Heirs were all covetous threats. Furthermore, the Vicious Man’s legacy was muddled, and it was unknown how many inheritors remained, all possessing peerless Holy Techniques. Ye Fan desperately needed methods to counterbalance them.