History always hid too much and buried too much.
The illustrious, the glorious, the tragic, the ordinary, the dark, the despicable—all of it was buried in history.
It waited for the day someone unearthed it, or perhaps that day would never come.
But it remained there, quietly weathering and decaying.
Seeking out hidden places and probing their mysteries always stirred a different feeling.
Unearthing Lost Secrets with one's own hands brought a special kind of excitement.
The unknown was always alluring.
I came. I bore witness.
The great event before the Heavenly Court fell was the Demon Lord's Heaven-Slaying campaign.
The Demon Lord had been one of the most powerful Evil Demons in the Nine Netherworlds. Later, with the help of Thunder God, the Heavenly Court's second-in-command, the Demon Lord reached the Other Shore.
Thunder God was also Haotian's Reincarnation. Ananda was a special Buddhist Sect incarnation severed from Thunder God. In time, only Ananda remained; Thunder God was no more. They were the same person.
Thunder God helped the Demon Lord reach the Other Shore and told the Demon Lord that the Heavenly Emperor possessed the Jianmu Fruit.
Thunder God had not helped the Demon Lord out of kindness. Thunder God had merely used the Demon Lord.
The Demon Lord knew Thunder God harbored ill intentions, but could not resist the temptation.
After reaching the Other Shore, the Demon Lord immediately launched a Heaven-Slaying campaign to seize the Jianmu Fruit and clashed with the Heavenly Emperor.
But Thunder God, who had promised the Demon Lord a betrayal at the critical moment, did nothing.
As a result, the Heavenly Emperor killed the Demon Lord, and the Heavenly Emperor's strength was laid bare before the other Other Shore Beings.
The Heavenly Emperor could kill an Other Shore Being alone. The realization