"What is it?” asked Long Chen.5

“That person really is your father. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have clashed with the Heavenly Province,” replied Bai Zhantang. “When we entered the Sovereign Emperor Heaven, we heard about a major affair that had just occurred—the Heavenly Desolation Long clan’s clash with the Heavenly Province. On his own, Long Zhantian slaughtered seventy-six violet-gold assassins of the Heavenly Province, which caused quite the disturbance back then.”11

“Violet-gold assassins? What are those?” 6

“They are one of the highest-ranking assassins in the Heavenly Province, and normally they are Sage Kings. Rumor has it that your father was attacked by over three hundred of them. Remarkably, he managed to vanquish seventy-six while the others fled. This feat instantly elevated him to become one of the Long clan’s Four Heavenly Sages, kicking...29