"Void had originally been a very peaceful place, merely a small corner on the frontier of the Cultivation World, connected to other places by Teleportation Arrays. The Three Great Sects and the other smaller sects lived in harmony and peace; it could truly be called a paradise beyond the world."
"I was a Second-generation disciple of the Divine Blade Sect. My aptitude was not outstanding, but it was above average, and I was quite favored by the sect master, receiving much instruction."
"Yang Haoya of the Misty Sect was also a Second-generation disciple. I met him during a hunt for demonic beasts. I helped him slay a beast and seize its demon core, and thus we became friends."
"Later, for some unknown reason, the Teleportation Array in Void malfunctioned. A great number of people from the Demon Realm used the faulty array to invade Void. Those of the Demon Realm all practiced Demonic Cultivation Techniques, feeding on the flesh, blood, and true essence of cultivators. They were the mortal enemies of our Cultivation World. Thus, we Void cultivators sent word throughout the Cultivation World while organizing ourselves to resist the Demon Realm invasion."
"Yue Mingxin, the Incense-Passing Cult's Second-generation female disciple, met us at that time. Yang Haoya, Yue Mingxin, and I formed a small group, leading more than ten people from various sects to intercept and kill those mortal enemies from the Demon Realm."
"I remember it very clearly. That day, more than a dozen of us lay in ambush near the Teleportation Array, preparing to strike down a patrol from the Demon Realm. Yet suddenly, one person emerged from within the array. Oh, Fellow Daoist, you may look at the portraits on the wall. The one on the far right is that person from the Demon Realm. Apart