usenovelonline Chapter 1014: Forming Alliances And Shocking News
Chapter 1014: Forming Alliances And Shocking News
Even the hidden clans had heard about the chaos caused during the tournament years ago. The Blood Sect shutting its gates completely had shocked the entire continent. At the time, countless speculations arose.
Some believed a rebellion happened.
Others thought an immortal relic appeared within the sect.
Some even suspected the Blood Sect faced invasion from an outside continent.
Yet no one knew the truth.
Now they finally learned reality was even more absurd.
One infiltrator.
One young man.
One hidden cultivator.
Han Yu alone had shaken the very foundation of the Blood Sect.
He had caused paranoia severe enough that Peak Heads began suspecting each other. He had destroyed inheritances, manipulated investigations, framed elders and even pushed the hidden ancestors into appearing personally.
For many hidden clans, hearing all this felt almost surreal.
Hope slowly began returning to them after countless generations. As such, the alliances formed rapidly afterward. By the second year, Han Yu’s coalition had expanded far beyond his initial expectations.
Nearly twenty different hidden powers joined together in secrecy. Some were small surviving clans with only a handful of cultivators remaining. Others were ancient organizations that had spent tens of thousands of years hiding beneath false identities.
One clan outwardly operated as wandering beast tamers while secretly preserving an ancient inheritance destroyed by the Blood Sect long ago. Another disguised themselves as mortal merchants while secretly raising generations of assassins.
One hidden valley housed descendants of an exterminated orthodox sect whose elders still carried hatred strong enough to distort their Dao Hearts. And among them all, the Frost Bat Clan remained the strongest.
Madam Cold Fang’s people alone contributed enormous strength to the alliance.
By the end of the second year, Han Yu had gathered nearly thirty Dao Treading realm cultivators, seventy Dao Shell realm cultivators and hundreds of Nascent Soul realm cultivators.
Such a force would have been enough to dominate nearly any normal continent sect.
Of course, compared to the Slaughtered Moon Divine Blood Sect, it still remained insufficient.
Han Yu knew that clearly.
The Blood Sect’s true strength remained terrifying.
Even after all the chaos he caused, the sect still stood firm.
And worse... The deeper Han Yu learned about them, the more dangerous they seemed.
Thankfully, the Blood Sect still remained isolated from the outside world.
This gave Han Yu and Qing Luan valuable time.
The Luan Merchant Union expanded explosively during these years. Since the Blood Sect had cut itself off completely, many supply chains throughout the continent collapsed. Han Yu and Qing Luan seized every opening aggressively.
Medicinal herbs.
Spirit ore.
Formation materials.
Transportation routes.
Communication relay systems.
They infiltrated everything.
Entire regions slowly became economically dependent upon the Luan Merchant Union without realizing it. At the same time, Han Yu maintained constant surveillance over the Blood Sect itself.
The Rat Battalion proved extraordinarily useful here.
Over the years, Chitterfang’s descendants had multiplied into ridiculous numbers. The rats eventually discovered a weak point in one section of the Blood Sect’s barrier formation.
The opening remained tiny.
Too small for cultivators.
Yet perfect for rats.
Thus information slowly continued leaking outward and what Han Yu learned shocked even him. The Blood Sect had undergone repeated internal purges over the past years.
Peak Heads investigated each other.
Elders accused one another secretly.
Entire factions collapsed.
Executions became increasingly common.
The paranoia within the sect grew so severe that many disciples no longer trusted their own masters. Even worse, some of the conflicts eventually turned violent. Han Yu learned that three Peak Heads had entered direct conflict with one another during an investigation dispute.
What was shocking was that one of them died during it.
When Han Yu first heard that report from Chitterfang, even he remained stunned for several moments. He truly had not expected things to spiral that far. His schemes succeeded beyond imagination.
The Blood Sect was effectively consuming itself from within.
Still...
Even amidst all this chaos, the sect remained terrifyingly resilient.
Which was why the next piece of information disturbed Han Yu greatly. The news came through several Jiangshi that overheard discussions between higher elders before the information passed through the Rat Battalion’s network.
Han Yu originally expected another purge operation.
Or perhaps the activation of some hidden formation.
Instead... He learned something far more frightening.
The Blood Sect intended to contact their ascended immortals!
The moment Han Yu heard this information, his expression changed completely. The underground hall fell silent after noticing his reaction.
Qing Luan frowned slightly.
"What happened?"
Han Yu slowly looked toward everyone present.
Then he spoke carefully.
"The Blood Sect is preparing to contact the sect members who ascended to immortality."
The room instantly exploded into chaos.
"What!?"
"That’s impossible!"
"They still maintain contact with immortals!?"
Several Dao Treading realm cultivators immediately stood up in alarm. Even Madam Cold Fang’s expression darkened heavily. Han Yu himself felt genuine danger for the first time in years.
Until now, everything remained within manageable limits.
Dangerous, yes.
But still within mortal boundaries.
Immortals were different.
Entirely different.
Han Yu remembered the Patriarch’s earlier words clearly.
"The Bleeding Moon watches all."
At the time he already suspected the Blood Sect possessed terrifying hidden foundations.
Now those fears were becoming reality.
One elderly Dao Shell realm cultivator spoke with a pale face.
"If immortals descend personally... then all of us are finished."
Han Yu remained silent briefly.
Because honestly...
That possibility terrified him too.
No matter how talented he was, he remained merely a Nascent Soul realm cultivator in Qi and Peak Dao Shell in Soul cultivation..
Against immortals?
He might not even qualify as an ant.
Yet after several moments, Han Yu slowly calmed himself.
"No," he finally said.
Everyone looked toward him.
Han Yu narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
"If contacting immortals was simple, they would have done it years ago. The fact they waited until now means there are limitations."
That immediately made several people pause.
Han Yu continued calmly.
"The Blood Continent has barriers. The world itself likely suppresses immortal interference heavily. Whatever method they plan to use probably carries enormous cost."
Madam Cold Fang nodded slowly.
"That makes sense."
Han Yu’s eyes grew colder afterward.
"But regardless of limitations, this changes everything."
The room turned serious immediately.
Because everyone present understood what this meant.
The situation was escalating beyond mortal politics now.
And for the first time in many years...
Even Han Yu felt true pressure weighing upon him once more.