"That son of a bitch didn't die. He killed that woman, but that woman's family was also enraged."

"After that, Yun Qinliancheng fled the small town, and your ancestor, Fatian, and I also fled the small town."

With that, he flipped his hand, and a long sword exuding a cold and sharp aura appeared on the stone table.

The moment the sword appeared, Xiao Boqi's eyes narrowed sharply.

Because this sword is exactly the same as his own Heaven-Slaying Sword.

"The Heaven-Slaying Sword is originally a pair of swords. It was forged by that guy Heaven-Slaying himself, and it is also his most recognizable item."

"After the three of us escaped the small town, we obtained the items from the city lord's secret vault, and our cultivation improved rapidly. However, as our strength increased, differences arose in our philosophies."

“Our family in the small town severed ties with us to protect themselves and turned to other forces, which left the three of us with nowhere to go.”

“I’m used to being with your ancestor, so I agreed when he suggested we create our own sect. But Fatian said it would be pointless. In the end, we couldn’t reach an agreement, so he left alone.”

As he spoke, he gently patted the blade of the Heaven-Slaying Sword on the stone table.

"Back then, your ancestor and I were very ordinary. Even if we wanted to join other sects, they wouldn't accept us. In the end, the two of us established our own sect on a small hill."

"He is the sect leader, and I am the deputy sect leader and the grand elder. We have six disciples, all of whom are orphans we picked up from the roadside who were about to starve to death."

"And the sect's name is the Old Evil Sect."

"He said my name is Zhang Laoxiaozi and his name is He Laoxie, so let's take one character from each of our names as the name of our sect. I agreed without thinking much about it at the time."

"It only came to my senses later. Damn it, what a load of rubbish about taking one character from each of them. This is just a name taken from his name."

After cursing, he gave a wistful chuckle.

"Sects aren't that easy to establish. Without a spiritual mountain and without any real strength, if it weren't for your ancestor's ability to steal and cheat, that damned Evil Sect would have been disbanded long ago."

“Fa Tian’s situation is completely different from ours. His talent is also the best among the three of us. He successfully joined a super power that specializes in swordsmanship, the Illusionary World Sword Sect.”

He reached out and gently rubbed the sword a few times.

“Even your ancestor wasn’t always successful. After being chased half to death and escaping back, I would go to the Illusionary World Sword Sect to borrow money from Fa Tian.”

"Sigh, this loan has been going on for over thirty years, and it's never been paid back."

"It's not that I don't want to pay it back, it's that I really don't have the money."

"In the end, your ancestor felt that this was really not going to work, and that if it continued, they would surely starve to death. So he decided to take thirty-odd disciples and... infiltrate the spirit crystal mines of other forces."

These words made Yi Boqi roll his eyes. To come up with such a terrible idea, he truly lived up to his name as the Old Evil.

“Infiltrate and cultivate like crazy, get discovered, escape like crazy, then find another faction’s spirit crystal mine, cultivate like crazy, get discovered, and escape like crazy again.”

"Damn it, these days of living in fear lasted for a full twenty-six years. The amazing thing is that none of the thirty-odd disciples died. On the contrary, their strength increased like crazy."

"In the end, your ancestor decided to conquer a mountain and officially establish a sect, and then recruit many disciples to grow bigger and stronger."

Old Zhang suddenly burst into laughter at this point, and it lasted for more than ten breaths before he stopped.

"We captured a hilltop very smoothly, but as soon as we announced the name of our sect, we were besieged by more than ten small sects. Their reason was that they felt the name 'Old Evil Sect' sounded like something evil and heretical, and they wanted to kill us."

"The mountain is gone, and all the little wealth we've managed to accumulate is gone too. Fortunately, no one died."

"So your ancestor decided that I should go to Fatian again to borrow some money; he needs to come up with a better name for the sect."

The sword on the stone table was gleaming, and the cool, aura it exuded seemed to tell of its past glory.

"At this moment, Fatian has become the top genius of the Illusionary World Sword Sect. He asked me and your ancestor to enter the Sword Sect together. With his care, we won't have to wander around and be hunted down every day."

"But people are all a bit vain. I'm here to borrow money to turn things around, not to seek refuge."

“Fatian knew what we were thinking, so he didn’t press us any further and just gave me all the resources and money he could offer.”

"With the money, your ancestor also devised a new plan. First of all, he felt that the name of the sect must be imposing, so he decided to call it the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect."

Yi Boqi truly couldn't believe that the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect, a super power that had stood for ten thousand years, was not only established by his ancestor and the Zhang family ancestor together.

The name actually came about under these circumstances.

"We have the name and the money. The rest is about seizing territory. Your ancestor had already planned this out long ago. We'll start with those dozen or so small sects that are besieging us."

"In terms of strength, those dozen or so small sects were no match for us in a one-on-one fight. So we defeated them one by one, wiped out all their leaders, and then integrated these sects together."

"This is the prototype of the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect. However, those small sects are backed by medium-sized sects. But just when those medium-sized sects came to besiege and kill them, Fa Tian appeared."

"One man and one sword destroyed that medium-sized sect, and the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect thus became a medium-sized sect."

"In the days that followed, whenever there was an opportunity, Fatian would send a large amount of wealth and cultivation techniques and martial arts skills, and the Nine Heavens Profound Dao Sect grew stronger and stronger under such circumstances."

"Until one day, a shocking piece of news spread throughout the land."

"The Illusionary Sword Sect was wiped out of the world by divine lightning, and no one in the sect survived."

At this point, the old man gently picked up the sword on the table, his eyes filled with endless reminiscence and sorrow.

"After your ancestor learned of this, he left the sect. He did not believe in any nonsense about heavenly lightning descending upon the world. Even if it were heavenly lightning, he would grind it to dust to avenge the heavens."

"From that moment on, he kept investigating the matter. In his words, even if it was the heavens that killed my brother, I would still kill them."

After saying that, he gently handed the sword to Yi Boqi.

"Your ancestor was both righteous and wicked. He would stop at nothing to gain benefits, but he was truly willing to go to great lengths for his brothers and friends."

"After investigating for three hundred years, he returned once, bringing back this sword, and at the same time, he also discovered a huge secret."

"The destruction of the Illusionary Sword Sect in the Imperial Land, under the strict surveillance of the Heavenly Dao, was due to their acquisition of power that made the Heavenly Dao wary."

"So the only way to avenge Fatian and break free from this cage is to steal."

"The more you can steal from the Heavenly Dao, the weaker the Heavenly Dao will become. When it is weakened to the limit, that is the moment to eliminate it."

"Although he had no idea how to steal at the time, he came up with a very powerful and imposing name."

"Stealing the Heavenly Book!"