As he spoke, the black creature was lifted into the air. "As a King-level Shadowfiend, you should have heard the stories told to you by higher-ranking Shadowfiends, shouldn't you?"
"The story of that legendary sect...!!"
At those words, the black creature's expression changed drastically. Thick terror rose in its eyes as it stared at the Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor, its lips beginning to tremble. "Y-you... you're from that sect?"
The Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor reined in his aura and smiled. "It seems you have heard some old tales."
The black creature was horrified. "Impossible! The Monarch clearly said that legendary sect no longer exists, that it vanished alongside the history of old. Those who know of them now are only creatures who survived from that era! How could you be from that sect?"
The Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor said, "Is it possible that what all living beings saw was merely what my sect wanted them to see?"
Only then did the black creature notice the terrifying power of celestial secrets emanating from the Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor. It stammered, "If you are from that sect, then aren't you from that peak? The divine peak that comprehends all matters beneath heaven and plays karma in the palm of its hand!"
The Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor said, "Indeed. It seems someone still remembers my peak's story. I am greatly gratified."
Upon hearing his admission, the black creature completely lost its composure.
It was not solely the Celestial Secrets Peak Old Ancestor's identity that had unsettled it so badly. That legendary sect from the past might have been the overseer of the Shadowfiend Great World!
That was equivalent to saying that the Shadowfiend Great World had once been that sect's "subordinate," crushed beneath its suppression!
Though it had