Four years later.
Nora Calendar year 2270, Blood War year 2158.
Hell's Seventh Pillar, the Death Knell Knight, suddenly appeared in the Abyss. One man and one horse, under the siege of countless abyssal demons, he fought his way into the 300th layer of Hell with the Supreme Treasure Overlord, beheaded nine level-nine demons in a row, severely wounded the lord of the Abyss's 187th layer, Illusion Heart Demon King, then took his own life beneath the heavens.
The undying fire was reduced to ash and smoke, his soul returning beyond the sky.
The Supreme Treasure Overlord tore through space and vanished without a trace.
In the Hell Realm, billions upon billions of undead wailed in unison.
They were seeing off the first undead of this world.
That same year.
Ancient Dragon Continent.
"Waa, waa, waa!"
Amid the cries of a baby, the Black Knight's fourth child was born. Of the Black Knight's first three children, two had already become capable of standing on their own through the tempering of blood and fire, their cultivation surpassing level six, while one had fallen on the battlefield.
"What a handsome child."
His wife soothed the crying baby, her heart filled with affection.
"He looks like me. Proper features, thick brows, big eyes."
"Oh, come on. He hasn't even grown into his looks yet."
The ancient soul from Hell, which had lived for countless years, felt this short-lived flesh-and-blood body brimming with vitality, potential, and an upward spirit, and could not help sighing. "So this is what it feels like to be human."
In the years that followed, the Black Knight Family produced a young man with heaven-defying talent in battle techniques. His name was Purgatory Knight Anzi.
He cultivated only the knight path and was extraordinarily intelligent. Very soon, he distinguished himself