The Qinghua Realm had suffered a massive invasion from the Nether Prison Heavenly Cave. Although the great battle had already subsided, both sides had once again returned to a state of confrontation.
Yet turmoil continued unabated within the Qinghua Realm.
This massive invasion by the Nether Prison had left the Qinghua Realm—especially the Great Yue Kingdom—with a sense that it was tottering on the brink of collapse, causing some martial artists to defect to the Nether Prison.
Now that the Nether Prison had been repelled, those defectors who had already become blood shadows were hiding everywhere and even stirring up chaos. They had no way back.
Those who had secretly defected but had not yet become blood shadows, Blood Slaves, or Blood Disciples lived in fear day and night, terrified that they might be exposed one day.
Some had consequently been caught with compromising evidence and were being used by others.
Although the Qinghua Realm was ruled by three great forces, there were also countless other forces, large and small. A reshuffling of the balance of power was quietly unfolding.
As for the Great Yue Kingdom, the Wanlei Sect, and the Tianwu Sect, they did not care about the rise and fall of those forces. As long as they could complete the task of guarding the Heavenly Caves in their respective regions, that was enough.
Within the territory governed by the Tianwu Sect, in the Tieling Mountain region, there was a Heavenly Cave. Within the Qinghua Realm, this Heavenly Cave ranked above the middle tier.
This Heavenly Cave was guarded by one sect and two clans. One of the clans had suffered the death of its patriarch during this invasion, weakening its strength.
As for the sect master, seeing that he could not hold the line and that the Qinghua