Gao Xinhan, the Gao Family's ancestor!
As the Gao Family's strongest expert and a Martial Emperor who had lived for a very long time, Gao Xinhan, like Wang Shengdong, yearned desperately to break through to the Martial Saint Realm.
Thus, after accidentally learning of a forbidden land with exceptionally dense spiritual energy that might increase his chances of reaching the Martial Saint Realm, Gao Xinhan left the Gao Family and headed for that forbidden land.
That journey lasted twenty years!
Gao Xinhan secluded himself in the forbidden land, and he truly did break through to the Martial Saint Realm. It had to be said that he was fortunate. On Earth, in this age of dwindling spiritual energy, reaching the Martial Saint Realm was a feat harder than climbing to the heavens.
Aside from those powerful Hidden Families with immensely profound foundations, other Hidden Families would likely find it difficult to cultivate even a single Martial Saint.
That went without even mentioning an ordinary Hidden Family like the Gao Family.
Yet this old bastard seemed to have committed too many heinous deeds. Once his seclusion ended and he prepared to return to the Gao Family, he was attacked by a special beast.
That special beast was incredibly powerful; it was actually at the Martial Saint Realm as well.
Facing such a special beast, Gao Xinhan was not only no match for it, but was even severely injured by it.
Moreover, even after paying a price and barely escaping the beast's jaws with his life, Gao Xinhan soon discovered that he had been poisoned—by an especially strange and deadly poison.
This poison seemed unique to that special beast, leaving Gao Xinhan at a complete loss for a time.
Under the effects of the poison, Gao Xinhan's injuries became severe and difficult to