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”According to legend, when the heaven and earth first opened, the numerous dark fiendish auras in the human world spread, gathering into a physical entity and turning into evil monsters that consume the blood essence of living beings. Amongst the creatures that harmed, the four monsters were the most powerful. They were:
”The four great devils, 'Soul Devouring Blood Demon', 'Dream Swallowing Night', 'Vicious Fiends', and 'Demons without Mysteries', these four great devils endanger the world, bringing bloodshed, despair, sorrow, brutal war, and endless confusion to the human world, causing the world to become extremely chaotic.
In order to solve this problem, the Celestial Cloud Realm, which was created in the mortal world, sent out four powerful immortals to deal with these four demons. Although the four of them defeated the four great devils, they did not expect that in the long run, every single one of the negative emotions these four great devils represented had reached deep into the human heart, and they could not completely eliminate them unless they destroyed the mortal world. The four great immortals did not tolerate the destruction of the mortal world.
”Five great sects?”
”That's right, the 'Soul Duo Sect' that mainly cultivates the soul and seeks longevity, the 'Dragon Valley Sect' that nurtured spirit beasts, the 'Heavenly Talisman Sect' that trained spirit talismans, and the 'Dao Sect' that absorbed the world. Of course, there are also the 'Demon Underworld Sect' that had already stepped into the wrong path in order to become famous.”
Yan Lingyun continued, ”I heard that there were originally only four great sects, because there were only four immortals who had passed down the Tao, and each of these four great sects had a seal placed by the demon sword, while the 'Demon Nether Sect' was formed by opponents of the other four great sects, those who had failed in the power struggle. These people formed an alliance and frequently attacked the other four great sects, and in the last battle, they suffered heavy losses and were defeated by the Heavenly Talisman Sect, who was watching on the side.
Yan Feng Tian continued, ”In order to get revenge, the Demon Nether Sect sent people to the other three sects to infiltrate the already weakened Soul Duo Sect, Dragon Valley Sect and Dao Lord Sect. They then stole the three treasured swords that they protected, with the intention of using these three demon swords to fight against the extremely powerful Heavenly Talisman Sect. The Demon Nether Sect, which was filled with hatred towards the world, scattered the three swords of the era of chaos into the martial arts world, causing a rain of blood. This is how the legends of the three swords came about. ”
Yan Lingyun continued, ”Later on, the 'Sacrificing Heart' sword was found by the Yan Clan's ancestors. As for how to obtain it, no one knows. I heard that the day after the ancestor obtained this sword, five sage-like old men came to the Yan Clan.”
Yan Lingyun said, ”They are the ancestors of Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Sky.”
Yan Feng Tian looked at Yan Lingyun and continued, ”These five old men explained the viciousness of this sword to their ancestors and proposed to seal it with a technique. ”The ancestors of the Yan family followed their advice and accepted the five elders' suggestion. They set up a formation and sealed the sword within it. Their descendants would take turns protecting the sword formation.”
Yan Lingyun said, ”Sigh, it was coincidental. A hundred years later, the 'Beast Mark Sword' from the four demon swords appeared without reason and coincidentally, your grandfather, our father, found it. The five old men recognized that this was one of the demon swords and suppressed it together within the formation.”
”After that, for some unknown reason, the Soul Sacrifice Sword was also obtained by Yan Wu, and he passed it down to Yan Jue. After Yan Jue died in the Martial Arts Competition, the treasured sword went back to the Yan Clan, and from then on, the formation suppressed three demon swords!”
Yan Qiuyu asked, ”Since this demon sword is so important, why did you take it out today?”
Yan Feng Tian and Yan Lingyun looked at each other, and both of them let out long sighs. They said, ”Sigh, according to the five elders, this formation was specifically set up against the 'Heart Abandoning Sword', and now it has suppressed three demon swords. In addition, the power of the three demon swords have been weakened, and the Feng Shui in the 'Sword Tower' is no longer suitable for the suppression of the demon sword. ”So …”
”So what?”
”So, the five elders entrusted the Yan family with selecting their best disciples to escort this sword to the Heavenly Talisman Sect!”