Today's first update: Chapter 1858! 1/3!
No wonder the Thirty-Six Holy Pillars on Celestial Sacred Mountain had sounded so familiar.
The ancient records of Qufu Academy documented the Angel Race's most glorious era, an age known as the Solomon Era.
King Solomon was the lord of the Angel Race in that era. Rather than whitewashing reality and presenting himself as radiant and great, he did not hesitate to wield so-called "Black Magic" to awaken the demons who had once been cast into the abyss!
They were, in fact, the Fallen Angels who had been branded as fallen angels!
He signed a contract with the lord of the Fallen Angels—the so-called Demon King Belial—successfully awakening the Seventy-Two Demon Gods. After his death, he offered his soul to Belial.
By recruiting demons in this manner, he successfully elevated the Angel Race of that era into a supreme race comparable to the Three Saint Races of this age.
"I don't understand..." Xu Kun voiced his doubts.
Chang Geng looked at him, seemingly understanding what he wanted to ask, but gestured for him to continue.
"The Thirty-Six Holy Pillars and the Seventy-Two Demonic Pillars together represent the inheritances of one hundred and eight gods. If the Angel Race were willing to unite them, wouldn't that allow them to surpass the Solomon Era?"
Chang Geng said, unsurprised, "As expected, you know some of that era's hidden history."
Xu Kun said gravely, "I only came across a few scattered references in ancient records."
"That is already remarkable. Not many people in this world still know of the Angel Race's glory in that era. But as you said, what you saw was only its good side, not its bad side."
"What was the good side, and what was the bad side?"
Chang Geng rose to his