Blood Eclipse Cult

The Blood Eclipse Cult was an evil, malicious organization of cultivators that terrorized the Yin Eclipse sub-continent nearly 150 years ago. This tumultuous period is now known as the "Year of the Blood Eclipse."
== History ==
=== Year of the Blood Eclipse ===
The cult's origins lay in ancient ruins in Blue Water Province disturbed by bandits acting under the patronage of the Iron Crown Duke. The bandits stumbled across an ancient evil, and rather than act swiftly and decisively, the political powers opted to stand by and let that evil cause misfortune for others. One of the methods used by the cult involved blood ling qi, which they leveraged to subvert villages to their way of thinking, to corrupt cultivators, and to make it difficult to track its members. They were also known to use children in such schemesChapter 12 - Jun Han POV.
Eventually the cult's activities grew to the point where "young heroes" of the Imperial Court travelled across the ocean in an effort to suppress and destroy the cult. In reality, they were woefully unprepared for the reality of Yin Eclipse and suffered heavy casualties, allowing the cult to persist for another half a year.
In the end, the cult repelled two assaults by 'elite' forces of the Imperial Court and a Censure Decree before finally being put down by Solitary Slaughter SeptChapter 7 - Jun Sana POVChapter 77 - Jun Han POV. By the end of that terrible year millions had died, and various towns and villages were left in ruinsChapter 7 - Epigraph by Seng Mo.
=== Aftermath ===
The Year of the Blood Eclipse was a blow to the prosperity of Blue Water Province, leading to an increase in small-scale aggression between the province's major clans. This unrest gave Imperial Court influences an opportunity to gain various footholds in the region, and an opportunity to contrive circumstances that enabled the local powers to undermine the Hunter BureauChapter 14 - Ha Kai POV.
== Members ==
=== Associated Figures ===
* Yeng Illhan
== References ==
Category:Eastern Azure
Category:Easten Continent
Category:Yin Eclipse
Category:Blue Water Province
Category:Influence