The origins of bewitchers had always been the subject of countless conflicting accounts, with many different legends circulating among the people.
Yet the most orthodox and authoritative official explanation came from the City Gate Guards, the natural enemies of bewitchers.
Inseparable from bewitchers was the figure historically honored as the "Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage."
It was also because of this Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage that the "Lord" established the City Gate Guards, placing them in charge of the cities under heaven and ordering them to eradicate bewitchers.
The memorial tablets worshipped by City Gate Guards throughout the land were always the same two: one for the Sealed Lord who founded the City Gate Guards, and one for the Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage.
Their public explanation was consistent: after celestial beings descended into the world, countless bizarre monsters and demonic creatures from worlds beyond the domain had set their sights on this land, intending to turn the human realm into a hellish field of ghosts.
The Myriad Manifestations Martial Sage had shattered the outer domains and swept away countless bizarre monsters. Yet the lingering aftermath of that great victory had been the bewitchers.
Bewitchers were scars left behind by the invasion from beyond the domain. They could not be completely eradicated. Wherever sunlight could not reach, they remained hidden throughout the world, growing madly and infiltrating the human realm to stir up wind and waves.
After generations of purges and exterminations, the bewitchers of this world had become like weeds, hiding their vast root systems beneath the dark earth and sprouting in waves whenever vigilance slipped.
Among them, the most mysterious and powerful leader was the "Bewitcher Empress" spoken of by intelligent bewitchers.
Bewitcher Empress was a title, as well as a realm above Transformed Bewitchers, latent bewitchers, calamity bewitchers, and