Slaying the Remnants of the Blood Snake Cult

[C-grade Mission: Slay the remnants of the Blood Snake Cult.]

[Mission Note 1: Blood Snake Cult martial artists possess the uncanny ability to control venomous snakes.]

[Mission Note 2: The Blood Snake Cult's upper ranks have all been executed. Though none of the remaining cultists have reached the Astral Condensation Realm, there are Perfected Meridian Unblocking practitioners among them.]

[Mission Note 3: Capturing or killing one Blood Snake Cult leader may count as one C-grade Mission.]

[Mission Note 4...]

Zhao Zhi opened the small scroll Yan Qing handed over and examined the mission details written upon it.

The Blood Snake Cult?

It was an evil cult that had risen to prominence in Jing Prefecture eight years ago. It possessed no small measure of capability, and its cult leader was a Sky-Imperial Realm martial artist—not someone to be taken lightly.

In just five years, the Blood Snake Cult had become a sect influencing the five prefectures and thirty-six counties of Jing Prefecture, its influence immense.

More than half of Jing Prefecture had fallen under the Blood Snake Cult's open or covert control.

Unfortunately—

Three years ago, an elder of the Blood Snake Cult had killed a direct descendant of the Cui Family of Jing Prefecture.

The Cui Family of Jing Prefecture was one of the Great Yin Dynasty's foremost aristocratic clans. Its influence was enormous, and it wielded considerable power even within the imperial court.

There were countless martial artists within the Lineage, including no shortage of Sky-Imperial Realm experts.

With one of its direct descendants slain, the Cui Family flew into a rage.

Immediately afterward—

The Cui Family contacted the Governor of Jing Prefecture and the commander of Jing Prefecture's Profound Nether Platform, launching a joint siege against the Blood Snake Cult.

In a mere three years, the