Gu Xuanzun had only met this black-robed man after arriving in Misty-Wave City a few days earlier. He knew the man belonged to the Nether God Sect High Command, but not his exact identity. Now, he frowned and asked:
"Who exactly are you?"
"Mo Yuan. My father is Mo Hunsheng."
"Mo...?"
Gu Xuanzun's eyes shook at those words. His anger vanished in an instant, leaving only half-believing doubt.
After all, few people in this age had heard the name "Mo Hunsheng," but his Jianghu moniker could make even the Immortal Ascendants atop the mountain peaks jump in fright-the Corpse Ancestor!
The Corpse Ancestor had come from the Gu Poison Sect and had originally been considered a prodigy of the Righteous Path. His talent towered over an entire generation. Before twenty, he had entered the transcendent grade on his own; at twenty-two, he had compiled the Scripture of Invocations, Offerings, and Witch-Nurturing, elevating Dragon Cave into the ancestral seat of the Witch Cult. At the time, Twin Saints Ye Ci had still been a Jianghu loafer wandering the mountains and rivers.
Because the Corpse Ancestor's doctrines had been so seductive, the Witch Cult Rebellion had rallied great numbers of cultivators into the Demon Army. To prevent anyone from following in his footsteps, the Righteous Path had erased every trace of him after the war. Ordinary people could only uncover the destruction caused by the Witch Cult Rebellion; they knew almost nothing of what the Corpse Ancestor had done before rebelling.
Gu Xuanzun only knew something about it because he was established in Dragonbone Shoal and held considerable standing. He asked skeptically:
"The Corpse Ancestor left family behind? How is that possible-"
Mo Yuan shook his head.
"Of course not. I was an adopted son, more or less like Wei Wuyi. The