The Heartless Sect was said to be filled from top to bottom with heartless people. Its recruitment criteria were extremely strict, and as a result, it had the fewest followers among the Four Great Demonic Sects.
Of course, even its numbers couldn't compare with the Heavenly Court Sect, which had been founded just two years ago but already had a history of four hundred thousand years.
Whether the Heartless Sect's doctrine truly had some merit or they had other methods, its followers generally had high cultivation levels.
"The Heartless Sect's doctrine is that only the merciless and unfeeling can attain the Great Dao and achieve supreme immortality. Worldly relationships are all shackles to them. Family ties, love, friendship—such feelings are poison and must not be touched. And even if they do have such feelings, they must sever those ties as soon as possible." Lu Yang recounted what he knew about the Heartless Sect to the patriarch.
Daoist Xiantian didn't know much about the Heartless Sect, just as Lu Yang had known only the name of the Undying Sect when he had first reached Foundation Establishment.
Lu Yang was different now. On the surface, he was on excellent terms with Dai Bufan, who oversaw intelligence. In secret, he could use his status as the young sect master to gather all kinds of information from the Nine Nether Sect and the Radiant Sun Sect.
The Heartless Sect was naturally aloof, however, and treated the Nine Nether Sect and the Radiant Sun Sect with indifference. As a result, neither sect could give a complete account of the Heartless Sect's situation.
"That's the Heartless Sect's stronghold, right?"
Lu Yang and the others were in a forest. The two people they had been following knocked on the bark of a certain tree, and the tree