With this Blood God Sword in hand, face the Sword Discussion Assembly with a smile; the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable is shit
"Cult Leader, there's news."
Just after Bai Qiuran and Bai Li received the news, at the headquarters of the Blood's Delight Sect, thousands of miles away, the cult Cult Leader also received a message from an inside agent of the Imperial Court.
He opened the envelope, carefully read the message from his informant, and then smiled.
Brothers and sisters.
He looked around at the cult's high-ranking members.
"The Emperor of Great Xia is preparing to take over the Sword Discussion Assembly and has moved it forward to next year."
"Is the Imperial Court finally going to extend its reach into the Jianghu?"
One of the cult's high-ranking members said, "Those warriors certainly won't surrender easily. When they start fighting, we'll send someone to sow discord, and the Great Xia Kingdom will surely be thrown into chaos. Our True God will be overjoyed."
"That's one point. What I want to say is that we're also going to stir things up at this Sword Discussion Assembly."
The Cultist Cult Leader continued, "You may not know, but a few days ago when I was praying, my god conveyed to me that an extraterrestrial Deity has come to this world. This False God is called the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, and he has offended us, the great God of Blood Hatred. My god has issued a decree that anyone who encounters a direct descendant of this god should be killed without mercy."
"Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable?"
The Cultist's leaders asked, "What kind of False God is this? My intelligence Spy have received information that the Great Xia Imperial Family and Imperial Court seem to be vigorously promoting his faith among the people."
"That's right, but the biggest beneficiary of this promotion of faith is not the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable, but the other Deity under his command."
The cult Cult Leader nodded and said, "I have studied the teachings of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable. He mainly protects breakthroughs in cultivation and transformations in life level. For ordinary people, the benefits of believing in him are far less than those of the other Deity under his command. Therefore, in this Sword Discussion Assembly, the followers of the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable will definitely go to preach for their Deity. We will also go and make sure to disrupt their actions and make that False God suffer a setback."
"I think that's too risky."
Among the high-ranking Cultist, someone said this.
"For us, the most profitable approach is to wait for them to fight it out, and then stir up trouble to profit from it."
"You make a very good point."
The Cult Leader nodded to him.
"But the God of Blood Hatred said that if this matter is accomplished, all participants will receive a [promotion] and will be able to go to its Divine Kingdom after death... Are you going or not?"
The Cultist leaders exchanged bewildered glances, then shouted, "Go! Why don't you go?"
Why do they join this Religious Sect and dedicate their lives to it? Isn't it to gain True God's mercy, achieve advancement, be freed from suffering after death, go to the Divine Kingdom, and enjoy eternal life with God?
Even if the chance of death in this plan is 100%, these Cultists will not hesitate to do it as long as there is a chance to be promoted; they are not afraid of death at all.
"Hmm, it seems everyone is quite aware of the situation."
Seeing the crowd's enthusiasm, the Cult Leader added with satisfaction, "Furthermore, everyone, there's no need to worry too much. To ensure we complete this mission, our god has issued a decree: you must prepare a massive Blood Sacrifice to open the gates of the divine realm. Our god will then bestow upon us one of his Divine Artifact. With it in hand, the followers of Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable Venerables are nothing but fleeting clouds."
With the Cult Leader's decree from the True God, the Blood's Delight Sect immediately sprang into action.
The largest Blood Sacrifice held by the Blood's Delight Sect since its founding was during the chaos of the Great Xia Kingdom. It was organized by the then Cult Leader of the Blood's Delight Sect in preparation for a decisive battle against the army of the founding emperor of Great Xia.
The Blood Sacrifice involved tens of thousands of Commoners, resulting in the near-total plundering of over a dozen villages and towns within the territory controlled by the Blood's Delight Sect. Through this Blood Sacrifice, the Cult Leader of the Blood's Delight Sect successfully summoned a combat squad composed entirely of Blood Hatred Great Demon from the Consciousness Domain of the God of Blood Hatred.
Each Blood Hatred Great Demon is an existence that surpasses the limits of combat power in the mortal world. In the Consciousness Domain, even those Land Immortal can only go toe-to-toe with Blood Hatred Great Demon at most.
Even though they were suppressed in the mortal world, these Blood Hatred Great Demon still possessed the strength of the ninth level of Qi Refining Stage. On the battlefield at that time, they were practically a war machine capable of sweeping across the battlefield.
Ultimately, however, due to the rebellion within the Blood's Delight Sect's territory and the Blood Hatred Great Demon's disobedience and reckless attacks, this war machine was defeated by the founding emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty. The once-powerful Blood's Delight Sect was also destroyed, and its remnants scattered to this Western Lands.
However, capturing tens of thousands of people in this Western Lands is actually easier for the Blood's Delight Sect than when they were at their peak.
In fact, this land had been embroiled in countless years of war before they even arrived.
After the collapse of the unified empire known in its early years as the Great Qin Kingdom, this land, comparable in size to the Central Plains, has never been unified again.
Countless feudal lords carved out their own territories, and the king split into kingdoms that fought each other. At the same time, the dukes and marquises under the king were also embroiled in disputes over territorial issues. Below the dukes and marquises, the Nobility of various ranks, such as earls, viscounts, and barons, also raised private armies and fought among themselves.
Sometimes they fight for territory, sometimes for money, sometimes for so-called honor, sometimes for women, and sometimes they even start a war because someone plucked a single hair from their head.
For the Blood's Delight Sect, this place was a natural paradise.
Since people are dying every day anyway, it's very easy for Cultist to abduct people from this place. At worst, they can just shift the blame onto someone else and incite a fight, thus giving power to the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon.
It's unrealistic to gather tens of thousands of people in a short time, given the constant warfare here, unlike the Great Xia with its large population. But if we take it slow and steady, there are ways to manage it.
The Sword Discussion Assembly have to wait another year. Within that year, the Blood's Delight Sect will have a chance to fully commit to this task.
After nearly a year of effort, the followers of the Blood's Delight Sect finally succeeded in collecting enough sacrifices for a sufficient number of people.
Some of them were defeated slaves, some were prisoners of war picked up on the battlefield, and some were innocent Commoners. Among them were even former Nobility who had lost power. But no matter how noble their status was in the past, in the eyes of the current followers of the Blood's Delight Sect, they were all just sacrifices.
A brutal ritual soon began, carried out by the most ruthless and skilled executioner in the Religious Sect. After a tyrannical and cruel sacrifice, the sky was completely obscured by dark clouds.
Then, a crescent-shaped rift seemed to open in the middle of the clouds, from which endless blood-red light shone, illuminating the blood-soaked altar. It was the killing light within the Blood Hatred Consciousness Demon Domain, capable of disturbing and affecting the minds of normal people.
But to Cultist, this was the most sacred light in the world, and they all knelt down and worshipped the heavens.
Then, as the believers' resolve strengthened, a great light shone forth, and amidst the blood-red glow, an object seemed to fall, landing on the altar.
Then the blood-red light subsided, the dark clouds dissipated, and the sky returned to normal.
The Cultist rose and discovered a two-handed Great Sword with a serrated blade stuck diagonally in the altar.
Crimson Thunder crackled and leaped across the sword, displaying extraordinary power.
"It is the sword of my god!"
The Cult Leader walked up to the altar, reached out and drew the Great Sword. Feeling the boundless power flowing within the blade, he suddenly felt the blood of the Great Xia people throbbing within him.
Inspired, he spontaneously composed a poem. "Relying on this Blood God Sword, I smile as I face the Sword Discussion Assembly; the Foundation Establishment Heavenly Venerable is nothing but excrement."