The information within the jade scroll was straightforward. It detailed the background of Adept Nantian, who had seized control of the Flying Swallow Archipelago. His full name was Yan Nantian, and he was born into a cultivation family that had once resided on Labored Swallow Island, a large third-tier island somewhere in the Devil Domains.0

That island suffered catastrophic destruction, and the Yan family was nearly wiped out, with only Yan Nantian's direct lineage narrowly escaping. Even so, powerful enemies continued to pursue them. During the chase, the remaining family members were killed off one by one, until only Yan Nantian remained. Yet this man was either blessed by fortune or possessed an exceptionally ruthless temperament—both, maybe. Not only did he survive, but he also grew steadily stronger, fully mastering his own family's techniques while simultaneously practicing Soul Refinement secret arts that had leaked out from the Primordial Devil Sect.0

After killing several waves of pursuers, he managed to force his enemies to stop hounding him for a while. But by that point, he was gravely injured. To prevent his enemies from taking advantage of the situation, he surreptitiously left the bustling regions of the Devil Domains and fled to the remote Flying Swallow Archipelago, where he seized the best territory and declared himself the ruler. 0

His favorite weapons were a sword, a spike, and a soul banner. The sword was a life-bound enchanted treasure refined in his early years, a water-element flying sword. The spike was called the Water-Splitting Spike, a rare enchanted treasure that allowed the wielder to split water apart and manifest it into a dragon. As for the banner, it was the kind of Soul-Refining...0