The Past, Opportunity!

Seeing Guan Yue's expression, Bai Yu frowned.

Thinking it over carefully, the Blood Emperor seemed excessively tolerant toward the major powers within the dynasty. As an emperor, he was clearly full of contradictions.

When it came to power, the Blood Emperor sought absolute control, yet he allowed the princes—and even the Ten Kings—to expand their authority without restraint. Even the qualification to participate in the King Conferral Ceremony came with the prerequisite of conquering a territory!

This was practically an invitation for instability. It could be said that many matters had been stirred up by his own hand. Yet when all these events were linked together, the whole thing seemed exceedingly strange.

"The Blood Prison Dynasty is one of Holy Heaven Cult's most important resource sites, and it is also an extension of the Holy Heaven Cult."

Guan Yue spoke slowly.

"The rumors are true. The Blood Emperor and Tang Jingyue were indeed fellow disciples. Even the imprisoned Empress was their junior sister."

"The three of them came from Blood Peak. Tang Jingyue possessed the greatest talent and had high hopes placed upon him. As for Xiao Xuanxin, when he became the Peak Master, he should originally have become Blood Peak's Grand Elder, managing Holy Heaven Cult's Blood Peak alongside his fellow disciple."

"But Xiao Xuanxin chose another path."

"In order to provide Holy Heaven Cult with more fresh blood, he used his master's connections to voluntarily come to Midstream and establish the Blood Prison Dynasty. He took control of one of Holy Heaven Cult's resource sites and used the massive population of Midstream and Downstream to supply the Holy Heaven Cult with talent."

"That is why turmoil would arise within the Blood Prison Dynasty whenever the Ten Kings selection took place. Xia Chuxue of the past, like you, was