Chapter 1
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 0
Chapter Title: Prologue: The Question
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I ask you: what is the Heavenly Demon?
Historically, when speaking of the Supreme Evil Cult of the World—the religion that disrupts the righteous path and clings to corrupt teachings—the name that immediately comes to mind is that ominous demonic cult.
They call themselves the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, a bizarre group that worships devils. The Heavenly Demon has always been the leader of this cult.
It is the sect leader, the sovereign, the high priest all in one. The very law that reigns supreme, the living god.
All Heavenly Demons were arrogant and ruthless. Who else would utter such audacious words as "shattering the heavens"? They proclaimed themselves the greatest under heaven and ancient history alike, imposing the law of the strong upon the martial world—a nightmare incarnate.
Yet everything has a beginning.
Legend has it that the first Heavenly Demon was like the initial calamity to descend upon the martial world. Records are vague and unclear, leaving us to rely on myths and oral traditions; only its fearsome reputation endures.
Where does the truth lie? Who established the demonic cult's epic forged in flames, blood, and steel?
No records remain—only monster tales and myths stained with fear and astonishment.
Some say the first Heavenly Demon was a self-taught prodigy. That it received no instruction from anyone and created heaven-defying martial arts from nothing.
Some say the first Heavenly Demon was the martial world's apocalypse. It turned the renowned Five Great Clans to ashes and plunged the world into peril.
Some say the first Heavenly Demon was a goddess descended to earth. That the persecuted masses gathered beneath it to form the demonic cult.
And some say that the Heavenly Demon was originally...
...nothing more than a tender-hearted girl.