Medic Martial Dragon King

The Shadow Clan, with a lineage stretching over thousands of years.

The progenitor of the Shadow Clan was the guard of a supreme warrior, the very first Lord Xue!

That Lord Xue's strength had reached the pinnacle of this world, and his Blood Evil Blade Technique struck terror into the hearts of all martial arts forces, leading the Blood Blade Sect to stand at the summit of the Martial Dao World!

The tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind!

The Martial Dao World launched a joint encirclement and suppression, with all its forces uniting to besiege the Blood Blade Sect.

Lord Xue led the members of the Blood Blade Sect in battle for three days and nights, and in the end, overwhelmed by numbers, he was jointly struck and severely wounded by the leaders of the eight great forces, facing certain death.

Before his death, Lord Xue cried out in agony, "Martial Dao is meant to be the pursuit of immortality, why must we slaughter each other? What wrong has the Blood Blade Sect committed?"

Faced with Lord Xue's questioning, everyone in the Martial Dao World fell silent!

"The Martial Dao World, ha! How can such a Martial Dao World ever become strong?"

In the face of the crowd's silence, Lord Xue laughed mockingly and then bellowed, "From now on, the Blood Blade Sect will retreat into hiding, and the Shadow Clan will vanish, awaiting the birth of the next Lord Xue! When the Lord arises, the Shadow emerges, the heavens and earth transform, the Saint is born!"

After shouting these words, Lord Xue detonated himself, taking the leaders of the eight forces who besieged him to the underworld with him!

Following that battle, the Blood Blade Sect was targeted for suppression by the entire Martial Dao World, and the Shadow Clan was particularly targeted.

However, Lord Xue had made preparations in advance, and even under the siege of the entire Martial Dao World, some members of the Blood Blade Sect and the Shadow Clan survived!

Then came the great war a thousand years ago!

The Blood Blade Sect had a prodigy with extraordinary talent who proclaimed himself the Blood Venerate. Both the sect and the Shadow Clan believed that the Blood Venerate was the next Lord Xue as prophesied by the old ancestor, so they wholeheartedly supported him in his quest for dominance!

Yet, they still failed, and although the Blood Venerate eventually broke through to that realm, he was still suppressed by the Martial Dao World.

By the end of that battle, the people of the Shadow Clan realized their mistake!

The current Blood Blade Sect was no longer the one of the past; it had become a sect that would stop at nothing for power, having forsaken the initial oath made by Lord Xue when he established the Blood Blade Sect:

'With my blood, I dye the Cang Qiong, all for my brothers of the Blood Blade!'

The founding of the Blood Blade Sect was all to aid the progenitor of the Shadow Clan.

The Shadow Clan are born assassins, which is exactly why they were persecuted by the Martial Dao World. Lord Xue established the Blood Blade Sect to help his brethren.

He wanted the Blood Blade Sect to stand at the summit of the Martial Dao World, to protect his brothers from being hunted ever again!

This was a profound brotherly love, and the original Blood Blade Sect exemplified righteousness through and through.

However, it was precisely because Lord Xue valued brotherhood too highly, was too upright, and neglected some interpersonal dealings, that he ended up being hunted by the entire Martial Dao World.

But a thousand years ago, the Blood Blade Sect was different; it embodied bloodthirstiness to the extreme, stopping at nothing to enhance its strength.

This had violated the original intentions of Lord Xue, and it was this that had allowed the Shadow Clan to fully recognize the truth.

The Blood Venerate was not the heir that the first Lord Xue spoke of!

In the battle a thousand years ago, the Shadow Clan had been severely weakened, scattered into remnants fleeing across the vast lands of Cang Mang.

After a millennium of recuperation, the Shadow Clan had split into two factions: one was Unchanging Valley within the country, and the other was the Mercenary Corps abroad.

However, these two factions curiously had no contact with each other, even though they had confirmed each other's identities and constantly kept abreast of each other's activities. Yet, they refused to make contact.

This was their last retreat; even if one faction was discovered and besieged, the bloodline of the Shadow Clan would not be extinguished!

It was only with Jiang Chen's appearance that the two factions of the Shadow Clan, which had not contacted each other for a thousand years, saw a glimmer of hope for unity.

Whoosh!

After listening to Elder Ming's narration, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said, "I've had several dealings with the Blood Blade Sect, but I never imagined that the Blood Blade Sect had such a glorious history. I had heard of that battle a thousand years ago, but the one before it, I never heard mentioned!"

"The battle even earlier is known by few now, other than the old man who has always guarded the Flame Dragon. No other outsiders know of that battle!" Elder Ming said with a face full of nostalgia.

"I suppose there must have been a third battle, right?" Jiang Chen said, looking meaningfully at Elder Ming.

Elder Ming was slightly startled, then nodded gently, full of guilt, "Although it was not a grand battle, it was the one that nearly destroyed the bloodline of our Shadow Clan!"

"Twenty years ago, our young Clan Leader personally left Unchanging Valley with his children, aiming to seek medical treatment for the poor kids. Back then, the young Clan Leader's wife had passed away in labor after giving birth to twins, who were afflicted with a strange illness."

Reminiscence flashed in Elder Ming's eyes: "At that time, in order not to arouse suspicion, the young Clan Leader only brought me and that old ghost, Elder You, to Medicine Valley. Upon arriving, the people of Medicine Valley were arrogant and domineering. The young Clan Leader lowered his pride, pleading earnestly, but after looking at the twins' illness, the Medicine Valley people actually said they had the medicine, but using it on the young master and young mistress was a sheer waste!"

Anger tinged Elder Ming's words: "We wanted to fight them at that moment! But the young Clan Leader stopped us and took us away from Medicine Valley. Three days later, our elder emerged from seclusion, leading us to storm into Medicine Valley!"

"You stormed into Medicine Valley?!" Jiang Chen's eyes widened in shock.

As far as he knew, Medicine Valley was a special entity in the Martial Dao World, protected by many martial arts forces. To storm into Medicine Valley was tantamount to making enemies with the entire Martial Dao World!

"Yes, we stormed into Medicine Valley!"

Elder Ming nodded gravely: "Our elder had stepped into the realm of the Flame Dragon Guardian. The medicine for the young master and young mistress had to be taken immediately after harvesting and could not be preserved, so we took them with us when we stormed in!"

"At that time, all of the Innate Realm powerhouses of our Shadow Clan from the Unchanging Valley took action. Under the elder's lead, we seized the Spiritual Medicine and fed it to the young master and young mistress!"

"However, just as they had taken the Spiritual Medicine, the elder of Medicine Valley emerged from seclusion and confronted our elder. Our elder fought single-handedly to cover our escape from Medicine Valley.

And as we fled Medicine Valley, we found ourselves besieged by numerous martial arts forces. We broke through the encirclement and scattered. At that time, I took the young master and Elder You took the young mistress, but we were pursued by too many martial arts forces, and out of desperation, I had to hide the young master away while drawing away the pursuers on my own!"

"When I shook off the pursuers and went back for the young master... he had disappeared!"