The old records spoke of the great purges when the orthodox sects had banded together to crush the evil forces of the world.
The Ephemera Sect, though powerful, had nearly been annihilated. The Drowned Crescent Cult had fared even worse.
At their peak, they had commanded hundreds of thousands of followers across several territories, their strength spread across multiple Peak and even Transcendent Immortals. Yet now, after tens of thousands of years of decline, their vitality had withered away to less than ten percent of their former strength.
They were shadows of their past.
Lin Mu noted carefully that their current leader, known only as the Scarred Crescent Leader, had willingly abandoned his mortal name long ago. His identity was nothing but his title, a mask worn for eternity.
