The Palace Lord of the Underground Palace trusted the two men guarding the underground palace greatly. Curiosity was only human nature, so he explained,
"Do you know of the key figure behind the rise and fall of the Demon Extremity Sect?"
The Grandmaster guard hurriedly nodded.
"Does Master mean that peerless overlord who suppressed the Divine Continent with his two fists, beat the righteous path into retreat, and made the demonic path bow its head?"
"Precisely. He was known as the Demon Master. Not only had he inherited the full legacy of the Demon Extremity Sect, but he had surpassed his predecessors, broken free of all confines, and long since emerged from demonhood to Entering God, unifying righteousness and evil. Thus, he was invincible beneath heaven.
"Yet the Demon Master ultimately came from the Demonic Path. Back then, he fought the Heavenly Demon Palace Lord of that generation. As expected, the Demon Master defeated him with overwhelming superiority, even leaving behind immense blessings for later heirs of the Demon Extremity Sect."
The Grandmaster guard understood at once. The Demon Extremity Sect had likely either failed to discover those benefits at the time, or discovered them but never had the chance to absorb them before suffering the backlash of the entire Divine Continent. Disaster struck, and the sect's lineage was severed. Until his own master inherited the Demon Extremity Sect across generations, perhaps he had also obtained the benefits left behind by that peerless overlord.
"Within the Heavenly Demon Token lies a strand of Heavenly Demon Consciousness. Through the ages, it has acknowledged only the heirs of the Heavenly Demon. Though it is merely a strand of consciousness, it originated from the Primal Heavenly Demon of the Ancient Era and is the very origin of the demonic path.
"That peerless overlord