Postbattle Tally

The Heaven Overturning Cult's plan had come to an end.

Everyone had thought its targets were Crosswater Town, Bedrock City, and Black Iron Fort. No one had expected the Baleful Lord's true target to be Blazing Fire Manor.

When the news spread, Cangwu Prefecture erupted in uproar.

Blazing Fire Manor was the fourth-greatest power in Cangwu Prefecture. Its master, Kong Yang, was a late-stage Gathered Origin Realm expert, while its deputy master, Chi Wensu, was at the early stage of the Gathered Origin Realm.

After this disaster, such a power would struggle to rise again.

Then came news no one could accept: Kong Yang had betrayed them!

Years ago, Kong Yang's martial cultivation had gone awry, damaging his lifespan.

To advance to the Open Palace Realm, he had been willing to betray everything. He had personally plotted his wife's murder and joined the Heaven Overturning Cult.

The Baleful Lord had absorbed the blood and vitality of nearly forty percent of Blazing Fire Manor's martial artists. He had undoubtedly taken another step forward in the Gathered Origin Realm. But the threshold of the Open Palace Realm could not be crossed simply by absorbing blood and vitality.

Afterward, the four sects of Cangwu Prefecture gradually became known throughout the martial world as the Cangwu Three Sects. Cangwu's righteous powers had suffered a grievous blow.

The Cangwu Heaven Overturning Cult Branch had fared even worse. Apart from its Gathered Origin Realm fighters, its lower-realm followers had been wiped out.

But in a world like this, there was no shortage of evil people with no future ahead of them.

The Demon Suppressing Guard, Cangwu Prefectural City.

Zhou Jingyuan sat behind his desk, a thick stack of documents spread before him. He had just heard a Commandant's report. He waved a hand. "All right. You