He headed straight for the section containing records from a century ago and began carefully reviewing the relevant entries.
Just as he had expected, the records concerning Empress Tianyao were extremely brief. They only mentioned that she had violated clan rules by marrying a human and had been dealt with by the clan elders.
A New Emperor later ascended the throne, but there was no record of his name, appearance, or origins. Even the ceremony and process of his accession were not described in detail, merely glossed over in a few words.
The Grey-robed Elder was not discouraged. He continued leafing through the records, carefully searching for every detail. His efforts were not in vain. In a dust-covered ancient text, he discovered traces of tampering.
This entry had originally described the scene after the New Emperor ascended the throne, but someone had erased it with Soul Power and rewritten it with irrelevant content.
The Grey-robed Elder circulated his Soul Power and carefully peeled away the altered portions, hoping to restore the original record.
However, the person who had altered the entry was extraordinarily powerful, and the Soul Power imprint was exceptionally firm. Even after great effort, he could only restore a few scattered words: "Tian Jin," "seize power," and "silence witnesses."
Though there were only a few words, they were enough to prove that the White-haired Old Man had spoken the truth. Tian Jin truly existed, and he had indeed seized the Heavenly Clan's throne through improper means back then, slaughtering many who knew the truth.
The Grey-robed Elder's expression hardened. He immediately recorded the traces of alteration and stored them away carefully before continuing to search through the other records, hoping to find more clues about Tian Jin.
Meanwhile, the Black-robed Elder had arrived at the residential district of