Using the Dual Cultivation Technique, they pleasured the other party to the point of ecstasy, thereby affecting their condition and their duels at the gathering three days later.
Rumor had it...
The moment the Hehuan Sect arrived, its male and female disciples had poured out in full force. Within just a few days, several core disciples from the other great demon sects had already fallen prey.
Their bodies were weak, and they could barely get out of bed.
One had even suffered the outright collapse of his Dao foundation.
This had sparked no small amount of conflict.
As for the Ghost Lantern Sect, everything its members cultivated throughout their lives resided in an oil lamp. This lamp could resonate with an enemy's blood, vitality, and soul, burning them to death.
And that resonance was built upon familiarity.
The closer a member of the Ghost Lantern Sect grew to an enemy, and the more they understood them, the greater the damage their oil lamp could inflict.
From birth dates and times to life histories, strands of hair, and even intimate clothing, the scent of undergarments, and ancestral ashes...
Anything that could deepen their understanding of the other party...
Could not escape the Ghost Lantern Sect's demonic clutches.
Thus, before the gathering had even begun...
Several seeded contenders had already had their ancestral graves dug up, with even numerous generations affected. Several others had had every last piece of intimate clothing stolen, leaving them without so much as a change.
As for the Heavenly Demon Sect...
It had not stirred up any trouble.
It had simply sent its once-in-a-century holy maiden to participate in the gathering, clearly determined to win.
Deep within the Shadow Moon Convent, inside the Abbess's hall.
Incense smoke curled upward.
The sound of a wooden fish echoed