Greater Sancte Green Lotus nodded. “For the twelvefold Path of Dispassion, there are twelve anchors. Bing Xu, He Xiao, Meiran Dan, Ji He, and Xi Shangfeng are all anchors for Hong Xia’s Path of Dispassion. If one is removed, the corresponding portion will disappear. That is why I told you to capture as many of them as possible. Only by wearing down Hong Xia’s twelvefold Path of Dispassion can we truly defeat him. That was the plan from the very beginning.2

“But Hong Xia is no fool. Only a few people during the era of the Nine Ramparts knew of his betrayal, and you have met all of them: Jiu Wen, Ji He, and Rang Yu.0

“If Jiu Wen wanted to win Hong Xia’s trust, he had to do something drastic. That is how the Blood Tower came to be.”1

Lu Yin felt heavy-hearted. So that was it. It was no wonder why Hong Xia had trusted Jiu Wen. After all, how could someone so cruel turn on him simply because he had betrayed humanity? Especially when the Blood Tower was also able to restrain Jiu Wen, transforming him into a tool to destroy his own civilization.0

“Precisely because of the Blood Tower, Jiu Wen gained Hong Xia’s trust. He gained that trust for two reasons: first, so that he could survive. That way, after Crimson Starshade gained more Immortals, Hong Xia would not make a move against Jiu Wen. The second was to spread...0