No one knew the truth about Old Salamander’s background, not even Zhan Ming. Old Salamander was far older than Zhan Ming, and while the name “Zhan Qian” could be found in the Zhan family’s records, he was listed as having died long ago. Supposedly, he had passed away before the age of thirty.0

No one knew that Zhan Qian had not died, but had instead faked his death to go traveling and train. He had hidden himself from the Zhan family so that he could prepare to undergo a beast-form Spirit Rebirth and become a Five-Clawed Celestial Salamander.2

At the time, no one could have imagined that such a thing would take place. Who would have willingly abandoned their status as the scion of the Gate of Laws’ Zhan family in order to undergo a beast-form Spirit Rebirth? No one from the Zhan family had been willing to do that throughout their entire history. They were born at the pinnacle of the Spirit Nidus, so how could any of them possibly consider undergoing a beast-form Spirit Rebirth?1

Despite that, Old Salamander—or rather, Zhan Qian—had done exactly that. He had renounced his identity as a member of the Zhan family and the possibility of undergoing a human-form Spirit Rebirth solely to take on the form of the Five-Clawed Celestial Salamander. His obsession had started after seeing Stillstorm.2

Old Salamander refused to say where he had seen Stillstorm, which was precisely why the Origin Progenitor had not been able to confiscate Heaven’s Seal. When Old Salamander had killed...0