Becoming an evil cultivator seemed to have no real entry requirements, as though being sufficiently deranged and having a moral bottom line too deep to see were enough.
In theory, that was indeed true. But on closer examination, becoming a qualified evil cultivator actually had an extremely high threshold. After all, the death rate among cannon-fodder evil cultivators was outrageously high.
Once they joined the ranks and learned Evil Arts and Secret Methods, evil cultivators venturing out had to guard not only against the righteous iron fists of the orthodox, but even more against the friendly greetings of their fellow evil cultivators.
After all, they were all evil cultivators, all with moral bottom lines too deep to see. Murder and robbery came as easily as turning a hand.
One second, someone might be smiling sweetly and calling you a fellow Daoist; the next, their knife might run you clean through.
Perhaps the most helpless part, though, was knowing full well that you had to guard against evil cultivators, only to end up having no choice but to work with them.
Naturally, there was another marvel every evil cultivator had to mention-the Evil Spirit Cult.
A top-tier evil cult with a loose framework and practically no organizational structure, yet the largest total membership: all you had to do to count as a member was shout it out.
Its nominal leader was deeply versed in the art of running away and went almost entirely unseen year-round. Furthermore, whenever members met, they would hand out a copy of the Blood Qi Devouring Art cultivation method, remedying the flaw that cultivators could too easily turn over a new leaf.
Anyone who cultivated a blood qi cultivation method would, with the slightest exertion, be like an ever-burning red lamp reeking of blood hung above their