Joyous Blood Moon was gearing up for another big move.
Somewhere beyond my knowledge, the unsealing suddenly accelerated. Did something change on the Western Ocean battlefield?
Or was it something else...
Crescent Moon markings flickered between Jiang Jingnian's brows. Even with Lin'an's auras muddled into utter chaos, he could still sense faint traces of Lunar Phase power gathering near the city.
But why would the Barlo Lineage help Joyous Blood Moon?
The Stone Demon's three subsidiary bodies were given to the Demon Sect by the Barlo Lineage, while Ren Wuqing of the Five Poisons Sect was Blood Moon's thrall and puppet.
Several hundred years ago.
Joyous Blood Moon's agent in the mortal world, Ariya Johnson's ancestor, the Blood Moon Demon King, had been killed by the [Forge Hero]. Seizing that opportunity, the hero had burned fire to swallow the moon, locking Joyous Blood Moon inside the furnace and ascending to become the [Blood Moon Furnace].
Such deep hatred between the two, such a secret history-perhaps even most Western Ocean factions knew nothing about it.
Jiang Jingnian had only learned the reasons behind it by continually piecing together fragments of information from the attribute descriptions of various special items.
Yet now.
The current Viscount Johnson, the Blood Moon Spirit, was supporting the Kingdom of Migallon on the Western Ocean battlefield.
Meanwhile, the Kingdom of Migallon's Braveheart Family was secretly supporting the various Demon Sects.
Even the collapse of the [Greater Yin Furnace] might have received the Barlo Lineage's tacit approval, allowing it to proceed so smoothly.
Have I fallen into a weakling's way of thinking?
For higher beings, there are no boundaries between life and death, and even so-called grudges shift constantly. Can they not be viewed from an ordinary perspective?
Jiang Jingnian recalled the scene he had witnessed in the