For the next several years, Xu Xuan devoted himself to studying the Blood River Canon.
He honed his blood-path divine abilities, and his strength rose steadily.
At last, during the sect tournament held once every ten years, he once again shook the entire sect.
With the pure, domineering divine abilities of the Blood River Canon, coupled with ghostlike movement techniques and ruthless killing moves, he defeated one formidable opponent after another. Finally, he overcame the favorite, Second Senior Sister Xue Furong, and claimed the exalted position of Blood Child.
Blood Child meant that he stood at the head of this generation of disciples.
Resources poured in, his authority swelled, and he even gained the right to establish his own seat of power and assemble a force of his own!
Everyone thought this newly appointed Blood Child would recruit disciples far and wide and expand his influence, just as his predecessors had.
Yet Xu Xuan once again made a decision that left everyone dumbfounded.
He founded the Blood Robe Sect.
This sect established no headquarters, amassed no resources, and had few members, all of them secretive.
Its purpose was stranger still.
"To carry out Heaven's justice and kill those who deserve to die."
They accepted commissions, drawing no distinction between righteous and demonic targets. So long as the price was sufficient or the target suited their "inclinations," anyone could be hunted down.
They operated in secrecy, striking once and never missing.
A short, blood-colored tunic was often left at the scene as their signature.
The Demonic Dao erupted in an uproar.
"Has Xue Ming gone mad? Is he imitating those righteous hypocrites and erecting an archway to proclaim his virtue?"
"Carrying out Heaven's justice? What an outrageous joke!"
"Fishing for fame and reputation, only to make a laughingstock of himself!"
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