Since the Devil Sect came into being, it had been denounced and hunted by every major power.
In the previous dynasty, the An Dynasty, the Devil Sect had produced a genius of peerless strength and far-reaching vision.
Through his efforts, the Devil Sect renamed itself the Holy Sect. Over several centuries, it disguised itself as a victim. Not only did it sever ties with the old Devil Sect, it even became the most pitiable sect in the An Dynasty, drawing sympathy from everyone.
That genius was the Devil Sect's famed Heavenly Sage.
In his later years, Heavenly Sage discovered in despair that the Devil Sect's doctrine itself was steeped in evil and sin. Unless the doctrine changed, the Devil Sect was doomed to perish.
To preserve the Devil Sect, Heavenly Sage revised its doctrine in his final years.
But the Devil Sect's doctrine was vicious, and its people's hearts were poisonous. They could not accept the new doctrine, so they poisoned Heavenly Sage to death.
After Heavenly Sage died, his followers broke away from the Devil Sect. As time passed, they gradually integrated into the major powers and became no different from ordinary people.
The Devil Cultivators who had poisoned Heavenly Sage lost all restraint. At first, they still used Heavenly Sage's methods to deceive heaven and cross the sea, colluding with the Evil Sects. But as time went by, their crimes were exposed one after another.
As more and more Dead Devil Lands emerged, more and more powers discovered that they had been secretly harmed by the Devil Sect, and more and more businesses, farmlands, and even court affairs fell under the Devil Sect's control, the major powers finally woke up.
Driven by people of vision, evidence of the Devil Sect's crimes was swiftly made public, shocking the entire