Kan’Tanu

The Kan’Tanu Cult is a subordinate organization of the Black Heart Sect and controls an entire sector. There sector is in a sanctioned war with the Zecia Sector using a Space Gate.

## Unorthodox Cult

* "From the looks of it... Our enemies are walking the unorthodox path. Not one or two factions, but the whole army," Perala sighed. "The war will be brutal beyond compare." **Book 9, Page 526**
* They are a Dark Sector ruled by the Kan’Tanu Cult,” Kvalk said. **Book 10, Page 393**
* "They are likely some small faction that has taken over either a declining or a remote sector." **Book 10, Page 393**
* “They break convention for power. Those who survive the rites and the backlashes are usually stronger than common cultivators,” Kvalk nodded. **Book 10, Page 394**
* “No, only the elites will have these kinds of curses, and in this area, they will probably have some inferior version,” Kvalk snorted. “To steal providence is incredibly difficult and costly. The common warriors will have simpler brands that will provide power and durability in exchange for their longevity. They are essentially battle slaves whose lifespan is cut down to a tenth.” **Book 10, Page 394**

### Leader

* An outer disciples of the Black Heart Sect could have found their way to the frontier. Uzu stated their ruler is "a supreme expert at the level of the Eveningtide Asura." **Chapter 879**
* He is referred to as the Pope. **Ch 1,177**

## Organization

* ... though Zac noted they didn't wear the special liveries of the seven Kan'Tanu Chapters. **Chapter 1,098**
* The Kan'Tanu Sector was ruled by one sect, but it was separated into units for logistics. Each chapter was a branch of the cult and the equivalent of a Zecian top-tier Empire. The whole sector was cleanly split between these [*s*]even chapters, but most planets had no real connection to their overlords beyond providing bodies and resources. **Chapter 1,098**

### Ranks

* Untested
* Remoulded - Sole survivor of a slaughterfest of one thousand Untested.
* Reincarnator - Sole survivor of a second slaughterfest of one thousand Remoulded.
* Elevated Reincarnator

### Chapters

Each chapter was the equivalent of a powerful C-grade empire, and their elites used higher-quality Heart Curses. They also possessed methods to utilize the parasites beyond cultivation accelerators and double-edged berserking methods. **Ch 1,130**

#### Chapter of Hallowed Flesh

* The Chapter of Hallowed Flesh, one of the seven core units of the Kan'Tanu. **Ch 1,130**
* Hallowed Flesh focused on the physical manifestation of the Heart Curses, using sacrifices and rituals to replace their bodies or create constructs to fight for them. **Ch 1,130**

#### Chapter of Tripartite Truth

* Despite being the chapter with the fewest core members, Tripartite Truth was possibly the most feared among Zecia's elite. After all, just like Vilari, they all possessed means that few on the frontiers could effectively block. Their ranks included Hexmasters, Array Masters, Mentalists, and a few neighboring classes. However, it would be a mistake to consider them mages. **Ch 1,132**
* The way they fought was a lot more like assassins. They occasionally appeared to wreak havoc on the battlefield with strange and unpredictable methods, but their focus was almost exclusively on taking out enemy leaders. **Ch 1,132**

#### Chapter of Noble Pursuits

* Certainly, their individual strength fell short of most of the other chapters, and they hadn't been able to take out as many high-tier targets as Tripartite Truth or Warborn. But who could claim the honour of reaping the most lives but Noble Pursuits? Most of the War Machines and Cosmic Vessels were either crafted in their workshops or derived from their designs. **Ch 1,187**
* Even the Gateways leading to the Zecia sector was their creation. **Ch 1,187**

## Heart Curse

They still rippled a bit, but they had mostly thinned down to a manageable size that shouldn't restrict his movements. Zac could sense dozens of familiar auras from within those tendrils - the auras of those he and Ogras had just killed. It created an extremely discordant appearance, which was only furthered by the fact the Hegemon now exuded two auras of his own.

The Hegemon and his Heart Curse were one, yet they weren't. Their auras were entwined, empowering each other like a Dao Braid. Zac knew it wasn't so simple, though. Unless this curse was utterly different from how the other curses functioned, it shouldn't have any energy of its own. It was ultimately a parasite that acted a bit like a specialty core where it provided power at the expense of lifeforce or energy expenditure.

Even if the Hegemon had seemingly absorbed a massive amount of blood and energy from the corpses of his so-called warslaves, there had to be a cost to gaining power this way. No matter how the transformation worked, the leader was definitely stronger than they had expected, and most likely a different tier of warrior than any invader he'd run into until now.

From Vai's analysis, this man was supposed to be just above Uzu's true strength, but he was inching in on the strength of a proper Middle Stage Hegemon with the activation of the Heart Curse. **Chapter 904**

## Superordinate Faction

* “The invaders all seem to carry a somewhat familiar blood curse. If I have to guess, then these Kan’Tanu are a branch or subordinate organization of the Black Heart Sect. Perhaps, one of their outer disciples found their way to the frontier.” **Book 10, Page 394**