On the eve of the Blood-colored War Corpse's loss of control.
Before the ruins of the Love Tomb Sect's main hall.
Qing Huang, one of the Love Tomb's five Tomb Masters and Jiang Ruoyun's birth mother, Jiang Qing'er, lay on the ground barely clinging to life, her body covered in wounds.
Jiang Ruoyun crouched helplessly beside her, using her trembling hands to stop the blood flowing from her wounds.
To one side of the two stood the Love Tomb's other Tomb Masters and elders. Every face was covered in frost and hatred.
Red Scorpion was among them as well, but an old man held her down firmly, leaving her utterly unable to move. Her reddened, tear-filled eyes could only watch the despairing Jiang Ruoyun in helpless anguish.
On the other side of Jiang Ruoyun and her mother stood the many elders and stewards of the Saint Sect led by Wu Yibo, along with quite a few family heads and Guest Elders from the Four Great Families of the Profound Domain—Jun, Qin, Sun, and Luo—as well as representatives from local factions such as the Eight Blade Sects and the Cold Light Sect.
Most had come at the Saint Sect's invitation, under the banner of joining forces to denounce the Love Tomb for harboring a member of the Blood Clan.
Many factions bore deep grudges against the Blood Clan, with Fellow Disciples who had died at Blood Clan hands on the battlefield. They had arrived with killing intent, determined to slice Jiang Ruoyun, this treacherous woman carrying Blood Clan blood, into a thousand pieces as a warning to others.
As for Jiang Qing'er, who had given birth to such an abomination, though she was of their own race, merely giving herself to a Blood Clan member was enough for them to deem