
Ten thousand years ago, Aiden Shaw, Ancestral Master of Heavenly Mystery Sect, Emperor Realm, failed Ascension, sealed. Aiden emerged to a changed world. Heavenly Mystery Sect declined, facing annihilation. Aiden saved direct disciple Celeste Sullivan. Sect didn't recognize Aiden, mistaking him for an ordinary disciple. At the Hundred Sects Grand Competition, Aiden won for sect. Facing demon leader Zhu Jiuyin, Aiden fought, recognized as former number one. Aiden ascended.