The Sanctuary Family was an ancient assassin family in the universe, with a history that could even be traced back to the era of Elf Civilization. Its legacy had endured for countless eras without ever declining.
They were renowned throughout the assassin world. Many Federation citizens who knew little about assassins had still heard of this family. In the current Age of the Gods, the family name was practically a golden signboard. Anyone born into it, whether at a school or among the godly factions, would be eagerly recruited.
But in this recent era, the Sanctuary Family's reputation had begun to wane. The reason stemmed from a great upheaval!
The family's seven First Elders had been assassinated, and Saint Anna, the current matriarch of the Sanctuary Family, had disappeared!
The Sanctuary Family's upper echelon of experts had suddenly suffered a complete break in succession, leaving behind only a group of middle-generation disciples who had yet to formally take over. In an instant, whether in reputation or apparent strength, the Sanctuary Family had suffered a devastating blow!
After all, this was a top-tier assassin family, yet its elders had been assassinated by others. Even the family head, who represented the family's dignity, had vanished without a trace. The blow to its reputation had been enormous!
From then on, the Sanctuary Family had kept an extremely low profile. It was only in the past million years that some of its younger generation, led by Lanaia, had gradually begun to emerge...
Every young disciple of this generation remembered those most difficult years for the Sanctuary Family. Lanaia in particular had been entrusted with the hopes of many elders. She had watched the family endure humiliation, silently yield resources, and preserve its remaining embers...
And all of this had happened because the person before