Chapter 5661 In One Go
- "It was a rain-soaked night," the elder continued, voice thinning to a raspy whisper. "At the sect's entrance, I discovered an abandoned infant—drenched, trembling, little more than skin over bone. Pity carried him across our threshold, and pity made him my disciple. I named him Soul Devourer, urging him to shed the agony of his past and start anew. The boy's brilliance was dazzling. Soon, he rose to Heaven Gate's inner circle, and I lavished every skill upon him as though he were blood of my blood."
- Soul Devourer... The name knifed into Jared and Sylvia at the same instant, conjuring the infamous demon lord whose shadow still darkened tales across the realms.
- Grief flared in the elder's eyes. "What I never foresaw was that the child hailed from the Demon Sect. His clan had been massacred by the so-called righteous path; revenge became the marrow of his bones. He courted my trust only to learn Heaven Gate's greatest skills, and wield them as weapons of retribution."