The old man seized Ye Lin's hand, tears glistening in his eyes. He truly seemed overwhelmed with emotion.
"What exactly happened?"
Ye Lin frowned. Right now, he desperately wanted to know the truth behind all this.
"Millions upon millions of years ago, a great war broke out among the strongest beings of our Star River Cosmos. Those Primordial Unity Golden Immortals who had fallen into madness had been completely devoured by their inner demons."
"They all gave off an utterly bizarre and ominous aura. Once an ordinary cultivator became tainted by it, they would completely turn into monsters. I imagine you, Savior, have already seen what those monsters look like."
"A war erupted between the two sides. In the end, the strongest were suppressed, while those bizarre ominous beings won. They began contaminating the entire Star River Cosmos. After the cultivators within the Star River Cosmos came into contact with that bizarre, ominous aura, they all became monsters."
"Under the influence of that ominous strangeness, not even Golden Immortals could escape. In the end, the entire Star River Cosmos became a paradise for the bizarre and ominous. Only a few great powers sought out methods to shelter a small number of cultivators. Yet the countless suppressed supreme experts refused to yield. Together, they made a supreme vow, shaking the laws of the stars and summoning down a sliver of hope."
"And according to the prophecy, that sliver of hope would reappear in the world millions upon millions of years later. Hope would not be harmed by the bizarre ominousness, nor would it be discovered by it. Hope would be born at random somewhere within the stars."
"And newly born hope would have its eyes clouded by the bizarre ominousness and would need someone to guide it. Those bizarre ominous beings