The Dream Saint, Tao Saint, and Law Saint, three of the Saints, mysteriously became mad, lost their senses, and wreaked havoc everywhere.
The remaining six Saints intervened to stop them, and a great battle erupted.
The battle was brief but ultimately led to the destruction of hundreds of families, the closure of academies, and numerous Sects sealing themselves off from the world.
After the dark age, the civilization that had finally been rebuilt came to an abrupt end.
After this battle, the Nine Saints of the Middle Ancient era either fell or went missing.
Only the Dream Saint regained some sanity at the last moment, remaining the only Saint in the world, but His Tao was gravely damaged, and He was at the end of His life.
In the last ten years of His life, He traveled the world, lecturing everywhere, passing on all His knowledge, in hopes of restoring the glory of the hundred schools of philosophy.
