Silver Willow’s historical records did not document the origin or the rise of the Demonic Sect Master.

They only noted that after his appearance in Silver Willow, he overwhelmed all Mortal Supremes of that era with an absolute, era-suppressing momentum.

If not for the heaven-defying rise of powerhouses like Solaris and Raiden, all of Silver Willow would have been slaughtered completely.

Listening to the old gentleman’s tone, it sounded as if he knew the origin of this Demonic Sect Master.

"Old gentleman, listening to what you’re saying, you know the origin of that Demonic Sect Master!"

"Moreover, this one and that Demonic Sect Master are complete strangers. Why are you so certain there will be a life-and-death struggle between him and me in the future?"

The Demonic Sect Master was a renowned great cultivator from a millennium ago, getting entangled with a figure like that would be absolutely massive trouble.

But the old man before him had an even more mysterious origin.

Such an individual daring to be so certain meant he definitely was not spouting nonsense, he must know things that Adam did not.

The old gentleman scratched his head, found a locust tree to sit under, leaned his back against it, and continued. "The Demonic Sect Master comes from the Barren Ancient Lands."

"Old gentleman, what did you say? This Demonic Sect Master actually comes from the Barren Ancient Lands?"

The Mysterious Yellow heaven and earth were vast and boundless, divided into five major regions: the Eastern Continent, Southern Ridge, Western Sea, Northern Desert, and Central Continent. Compared to the other four, the Northern Desert was the most mysterious.

The other four regions produced prodigies generation after generation, all having derived extremely prosperous civilizations and birthed countless peerless figures and myriad species of life.

Only the Northern Desert possessed not a single trace of vitality.

Its climate and environment were extremely harsh, with extreme ice all year round, and it was a stretch of red sand, even great cultivators found it difficult to survive there.

No one knew why the Northern Desert was so desolate, yet it was precisely from such a desolate place that many peerless powerhouses had emerged.

The previous two Heaven and Earth Upheavals were too ancient, with little documentation, and Adam did not know what had transpired.

But during the Third Heaven and Earth Upheaval, the human race had already become extremely prosperous, and the records regarding that Upheaval were extremely detailed.

When the Third Upheaval evolved to its peak, many mysterious Demonic Cultivators walked out from the Northern Desert.

These Demonic Cultivators were extremely powerful and brought a massive catastrophe upon the entire Mysterious Yellow World.

They viewed world destruction as their mission. Although they were eventually wiped out by the cultivators of the entire Mysterious Yellow World, these world-destroying Demonic Cultivators would reappear in every subsequent Upheaval.

The cultivators of the Mysterious Yellow World did not know how these world-destroying Demonic Cultivators originated.

Finally, a heaven-shaking figure within the Mysterious Yellow World took action, letting the world know that these Demonic Cultivators came from the Barren Ancient Lands within the Northern Desert.

When Adam was compiling historical texts, he had originally thought this was merely an interesting story.

Now, hearing the old man explicitly state the Demonic Sect Master’s origin, he realized this was no mere anecdote.

No wonder the Demonic Sect Master’s origins were mysterious, appearing as if out of thin air, and after arriving in Silver Willow, he wanted to wipe out all life.

A thousand years ago, the Demonic Sect Master had intended to sacrifice Silver Willow.

A millennium later, if he recovered to his prime, he would likely recreate the scene from a thousand years ago and sacrifice the Silver Willow dynasty once more.

Put this way, the old man’s claim that Adam would have a life-and-death struggle with the Demonic Sect Master had a certain degree of credibility. It was not idle talk.

"Old gentleman, since this Demonic Sect Master comes from the Barren Ancient Lands, could it be that he is also a world-destroying Demonic Cultivator, awakened from his slumber to bring about another destruction of the world?"

Adam voiced his internal speculation.

The old gentleman nodded. "Little friend Adam, since you already know this, this old man won’t say much more. How you choose to act is for you to deliberate on your own."

Taking a communication talisman from his robes, the old gentleman stuffed it into Adam’s hand.

"This is a communication talisman. As long as you crush it, no matter where this old man is in the Mysterious Yellow heaven and earth, I will sense it."

"Little friend Adam, if you eliminate the Demonic Sect Master, I will definitely offer you the books you need."

Having said that, he did not even wait for Adam to react before transforming into a wisp of green smoke and dissipating from the world.

Looking at the talisman in his hand, Adam was stunned for a moment, his gaze flickering uncertainly.

But deep down, he had already made up his mind to eliminate the Demonic Sect Master.

Firstly, he wanted to continue staying quietly in Inkwood Academy, but that Demonic Sect Master was a world-destroying Demonic Cultivator from the Barren Ancient Lands who wanted to annihilate all life in the Silver Willow dynasty.

Even if Adam did not make a move, wanting to stay quietly in the academy would be fundamentally impossible.

As long as he intended to stay in the academy, eventually he would have a life-and-death struggle with the Demonic Sect Master, who would not let a single living soul in the Silver Willow dynasty go.

Not even an ant, a chicken, or a dog in the courtyard.

Secondly, the mythological texts compiled by that old man were simply too precious. Such treasures were hard to come by and offered massive help in elevating his strength.

Over the past few days, he had not been idle, trying various means to seek out those texts, but they had all been to little avail.

Silver Willow dynasty only had a thousand years of history. Compared to those ancient clans with legacies of tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, it could not compare.

Those so-called secrets, by the time they were passed down to the Silver Willow dynasty, were already nth-hand news.