As Leng Qing went on, scene after scene appeared before Qin An's eyes.
Figures of astonishing talent flashed past him.
Some were tall, others short. Some were graceful, while others carried the earthy air of ordinary life.
They fought for victory on a vast battlefield.
Their clashes unleashed boundless force that swept across the entire field.
Then it all faded, leaving the battlefield strewn with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
Qin An had read about the Ten Thousand Nations Era in the Evil Extermination Division's Confidential Archives, but its history had been vague and sketchy.
He knew only that it had been an age of incomparable splendor, one that had somehow come to an abrupt end.
Leng Qing spoke of secrets from that era, including a certain being.
Qin An suspected that being might have been the reason the Ten Thousand Nations Era had ended so abruptly.
"He was a Betrayer." Leng Qing's eyes narrowed sharply. "He betrayed this world and sided with the Heavenly Demon from beyond, hoping to destroy it."
"More and more people emerged. More and more became the Heavenly Demon's lackeys, swelling the ranks of the Betrayers without end."
"They brought the Ten Thousand Nations Era to ruin and turned everything into a realm of endless death. The Heavenly Demon... came from outside this world."
Qin An pressed her. "What exactly is he?"
The revelation was shocking enough to surprise even Qin An.
But what intrigued him more was the nature of this Heavenly Demon Leng Qing said had come from beyond the world.
To his surprise, Leng Qing shook her head. "Even we never learned his true identity. But we know he cannot descend into our world directly. He can only keep cultivating those traitorous lackeys to ravage it."
"As for who he