The outsiders had never been a united front—in fact, forget being a united front; even when forced to stick together, they would still stab each other in the back whenever they got the chance. So it was impossible for this loose alliance, fighting on its own and harboring mutual grudges, to reach any conclusion. Hao Ren listened from beginning to end at the meeting, but he had never expected them to come up with any definite result. He had merely pieced together the whole sequence of events and the current situation from the discussion among the circle of old monsters.
In the ancient era, before humanity had become civilized, when the "gods" from other worlds still ruled this planet, a dangerous force known as the Chaos Shadow appeared in the world. Like the mysterious Wrath Spirit phenomenon, the Chaos Shadow brought tremendous trouble to this world with its powerful and bizarre abilities. It was difficult to destroy, and it could influence the minds of the Supernatural Race, causing the outsiders to slaughter one another. Later, several outsider leaders from the ancient era joined forces to seal away the Chaos Shadow—including Vivian—and entrusted several great families with guarding it. After the Mythical Era came to an end, the outsider families gradually declined. Of the families responsible for guarding the Chaos Shadow, only the Ankatro Family remained. Meanwhile, the records concerning the Chaos Shadow grew vague with the passage of time, and by now, it had become nothing more than a legend to many people.
The Chaos Shadow had vanished from this world for several thousand years, but not long ago, the Ankatro Family, which was responsible for guarding the seal, suddenly lost contact with the outside world. These Shadow Monsters then reappeared in the world. The only clues currently pointed to