In the autumn of the seventh year of Longwu of Great Yan, Gao Xian defeated Nascent Soul Sword Lord Madam Hua with his sword on Eternal Peace Mountain and seized the Purple Cloud Sword Manual.
After studying the Purple Cloud Sword Manual, Gao Xian ascended to the heavens, passed the Wind Tribulation, and attained the Dao as a Nascent Soul Sword Lord.
After this battle, Gao Xian's name spread across the realm. Because his actions were peculiar and impossible to fathom, people called him the Sword Demon.
In the spring of the tenth year of Longwu, Gao Xian defeated Yan Zheng, the Sword God of the Great River Sword Sect, with his sword in Yuyang City and seized the Great River Sword Manual.
Afterward, he rode his sword straight into the clouds, passed the Fire Tribulation, and attained Spirit Transformation.
From then on, the Sword Demon's name shook the world. Cultivators everywhere turned pale at the mention of him. For a time, the winds and clouds of the martial world churned, and people's hearts were filled with dread.
Even the Great Yan Dynasty was shocked, dispatching the Hidden Dragon Guard to hunt down the Sword Demon Gao Xian in every direction.
The four great sacred lands—Heavenly Dragon Temple, Sword Repository Studio, Heavenly Saber Sect, and Wanshou Sect—also sent experts to capture the Sword Demon Gao Xian.
Sword Demon Gao Xian had become the public enemy of all cultivators under heaven.
Bone Demon Venerable set the thin sheet of letter paper on the table. The few scant lines upon it recorded the Sword Demon Gao Xian's deeds over the past several years with striking clarity.
Golden Shark Demon Venerable, beside him, asked, "What do you think, Fellow Daoist?"
The person possessed by Golden Shark Demon Venerable was tall and powerfully built.