As Chen Chuan sensed the spirit contained within the parchment booklet, its owner's life experiences unfolded before his eyes.
This Holy War Knight had lived more than six hundred years ago, during the Los War. At that time, East Yono, already long in decline, was under attack from the Aitai Empire, which had nearly unified the entire Paranio Region.
The two sides had fought over the famed city of Novarome for more than a century, with as many as Twelve Divisions-scale major battles. Holy War Knights from both sides continually threw themselves into the war for wealth and renown.
As a result, the Holy War Knights who survived had honed formidable skills and tempered unwavering faith.
Yet a person's potential was sometimes determined from birth. This Holy War Knight had reached the Secret Hall level at forty, but over the following fifteen years, he made no further progress.
He believed his faith was not pure or steadfast enough. As the war was temporarily in a lull, he chose to leave Novarome and enter the Convergence Zone for a period of grueling cultivation.
However, he had never imagined that, just one year after his departure, the two sides would erupt into an unprecedented major battle. East Yono made several consecutive misjudgments, causing the war to take a sharp turn for the worse. Despite repeated efforts, they could not reverse their defeat. Novarome was breached, and from then on, it never again returned to Yono rule.
But after learning the news, he did not give up. He believed this was a trial from the Holy Lord and swore that he would one day reclaim that great city from the hands of the Aitai People.
By coincidence, while cultivating in the Convergence Zone, the Holy War Knight found a fragment of an early