Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Demonic Sect (魔门) |
| Alias(es) | All-Beings Demon Gate; Blood Demon Sect—the name used when the Blood Demon Branch dominated the wider organization 80 |
| Type | Multi-regional demonic cultivation organization with six major branches 80 |
| Affiliation | Six branches: Blood Demon, Six Desires, Myriad Poisons, Utter Evil, Killing Sin, and Nightshadow 80 |
| Leadership | Skycloud Prefecture altar led by Altar Master Tian Ming 119 |
| Status | Active; its Skycloud Prefecture network suffered major exposure and purges but continues to be treated as an ongoing threat 120 135 |
| First Appearance | Mentioned through the Blood Demon Sect crisis in Yunlin County 9 |
History
The All-Beings Demon Gate is a colossal force spanning several regions of the Great Xia Dynasty. Its six branches were once led by the Blood Demon Branch, which forcibly renamed the organization the Blood Demon Sect and carried out massacres on a massive scale. Historical accounts describe the reigning emperor, the Great Xia Guard, and sects across the realm joining forces to destroy its mountain gate and kill its sect master; early reports place this destruction twenty years before the Yunlin County incidents, while later records describe it as several decades earlier 9 80.
The Blood Demon lineage later resurfaced in Yunlin County. After drained corpses were found at the western gate, Han Shan and a black-robed collaborator arranged for a deranged rogue cultivator with a fragmentary Blood Demon technique to serve as a scapegoat, suppressing suspicion of the sect's return 9 11.
Operating as the World-Saving Sect, the group distributed alms, money, and pills in Yunlin County's Outer City, destroyed local gangs, and recruited believers. Beneath its temple, it maintained a blood pool and used its followers as sacrificial material to produce Rejuvenation Pills 11 21 30 60. Han Shan eventually disclosed that the World-Saving Sect was a Blood Demon Sect operation, while magistrate He Miao was exposed as its black-robed collaborator 60.
After the Yunlin operation drew the attention of the five great sects, the All-Beings Demon Gate expanded its conflict across Skycloud Prefecture. It used Black Tiger Mountain and the false Linyun County stronghold intelligence as traps, inflicted severe losses on sect forces, and revealed long-term infiltrators within both sects and local government 102 112 116 117.
Organization and Branches
| Branch / Component | Known information |
|---|---|
| All-Beings Demon Gate | The overarching demonic organization, active across several regions of Great Xia 80 |
| Blood Demon Branch | Cultivates through blood-related arts; once became the strongest branch and imposed the Blood Demon Sect name upon the organization 80 |
| Six Desires Branch | Uses the Six Desires True Scripture, a dual-cultivation art that harvests others' vital and blood essence 106 |
| Myriad Poisons Branch | Named as one of the six major branches; its specific methods are not detailed 80 |
| Utter Evil Branch | Named as one of the six major branches; its specific methods are not detailed 80 |
| Killing Sin Branch | Named as one of the six major branches; its specific methods are not detailed 80 |
| Nightshadow Branch | Named as one of the six major branches; its specific methods are not detailed 80 |
| Skycloud Prefecture altar | Overseen by Tian Ming and reportedly protected by eight protectors at Mid True Astral Realm or above 119 |
| Everpeace Town stronghold | Reported location of the Skycloud Prefecture altar, roughly one hundred li outside Skycloud City 119 |
Blood Demon Lineage
The Blood Demon Branch's arts rely on blood cultivation. Its practitioners refine pills through human sacrifice, drain victims' blood through venomous insects, and cultivate beside blood pools filled with blood essence and bones 9 21 60.
- Rejuvenation Pills — created through the deaths of sacrificial believers; one life is used for each pill 60.
- Bloodforging Powder and blood-scented pills — distributed or manufactured through World-Saving Sect fronts; their medicinal value is tied to impure blood essence 21 60 106.
- True qi assimilation — Blood Demon Lineage arts can coexist with and devour other true qi, allowing infiltrators to conceal the dangers normally caused by cultivating multiple incompatible arts 117.
Six Desires Heavenly Sound
The Six Desires Branch employs mental and charm-based arts.
- Six Desires Heavenly Sound — a voice-based technique used to bewitch or immobilize opponents 104 105.
- Six Desires True Scripture — a cruel dual-cultivation method that steals vital essence and blood essence from others 106.
Front Organizations and Infiltration
The sect repeatedly operates through legitimate-looking institutions and embedded agents rather than open conquest.
- World-Saving Sect — a charitable religious façade that distributes alms, abolishes gang protection fees, recruits believers, and conceals Blood Demon operations beneath its temples 11 21 60.
- Government infiltration — He Miao and Linyun County Magistrate Shen Cheng acted as covert collaborators, enabling misinformation, official cover, and ambushes 60 116.
- Sect infiltration — He Gu infiltrated Vastsea Gate under the identity Qiu Lang, while Lin Pingzhi was exposed within Heavy Earth Gate 113 119.
- Household collaborators — the He Household, Sheng Household, and Qin Household martial arts lineage were identified as cooperating lineages 119.
Known Figures and Assets
- Tian Ming — Altar Master overseeing the Demonic Sect in Skycloud Prefecture; described as moody, ruthless, and unfathomably strong. His presence can poison subordinates without a direct attack 119 120.
- Han Shan — Blood Demon Sect envoy and leader of the Yunlin County World-Saving Sect operation; oversaw believer sacrifices, Blood Pill production, and plans to seize Yunlin County 9 30 49 60.
- He Miao — East Market Magistrate and the black-robed collaborator who aided Han Shan; he helped harm County Commandant Zhang Ming and aggravate conflict within Yunlin County 60.
- Blood Butcher — Red-haired All-Beings Demon Gate cultivator; recruited Qin Yungui, killed Yuan Tongtian to prevent betrayal, and later reported directly to Tian Ming 99 102 109.
- Nightingale — Demonic cultivator skilled in Six Desires Heavenly Sound; works alongside Blood Butcher under Tian Ming's authority 104 109 120.
- He Gu / Qiu Lang — Long-term All-Beings Demon Gate infiltrator who posed as Vastsea Gate's Fourth Elder; revealed himself as a Mid True Astral Realm cultivator during the Linyun County ambush 112 113.
- Qian Jinhua — Demonic cultivator who defended the Linyun County World-Saving Sect headquarters and joined He Gu against Murong Changyu 112 113.
- Gao Han — Late Pill Embrace Realm operative who participated in the Black Tiger Mountain and Linyun County ambushes; later killed during the He Clan Martial Hall battle 104 112 115.
- Lin Pingzhi — Heavy Earth Gate Enforcement Hall elder exposed while attempting to flee with other Demonic Sect agents 119.
Major Operations
| Period | Operation | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Historical era | The Blood Demon Branch dominated the All-Beings Demon Gate, renamed it the Blood Demon Sect, and committed large-scale massacres. | The emperor, Great Xia Guard, and major sects destroyed its mountain gate and killed its sect master 9 80. |
| Yunlin County | Han Shan established the World-Saving Sect, recruited Outer City residents, eliminated gangs, and harvested followers for blood-based pills. | Zhou Muyun uncovered the sacrificial operation; the Spiritflame Sect was dispatched after Zhang Ming identified He Miao as a spy 11 60 61. |
| Black Tiger Mountain | The sect backed Black Tiger Mountain, used the encirclement campaign as bait, deployed corpse-consuming mist, and attacked the five great sects. | Fewer than one in ten participants reportedly survived; several sect elders were killed or gravely injured 102 104 105 106. |
| Demon-Eradication Operation | The five great sects launched coordinated purges of Demonic Sect informants and strongholds across Skycloud Prefecture. | The operation exposed accomplices but also drove the sect to use Linyun County as another trap 107 109. |
| Linyun County ambush | The sect used the World-Saving Sect, Shen Cheng, and He Gu's false identity to lure Heavy Earth Gate and Vastsea Gate forces into a coordinated ambush. | Murong Changyu died, ten squads were nearly wiped out, and the extent of the sect's infiltration became public 112 113 116 117. |
| Internal-network purge | The five sects acquired a treasure able to identify demonic cultivation and used a lure-the-snake-from-its-hole strategy against embedded agents. | Numerous spies were exposed or fled; Blood Butcher and Nightingale were ordered to lie low after the network's losses 118 119 120. |
Opposition
- Great Xia imperial forces and major sects — historically united to destroy the Blood Demon Sect's mountain gate and kill its sect master 9.
- Five great sects of Skycloud Prefecture — Spiritflame Sect, Vastsea Gate, Jadegreen Manor, Kui Gold Villa, and Heavy Earth Gate jointly created the Demon-Eradication Operation to share intelligence and eliminate Demonic Sect forces 64 107.
- Five-sect alliance — after repeated ambushes and infiltrations, the five sects formally swore a blood oath of mutual aid under Ouyang Changhe's leadership 143 144.
- Heavenly Evolution Upper Sect — supplied a supreme treasure capable of identifying practitioners of demonic path arts, enabling the five sects' internal purges 118.