Although the Cloud Water Upper Sect occupied four domains, its internal Noble Families had a tangled web of power, creating many constraints.
The forces on its periphery, the Celestial Star Seventy-Two Islands, were even more disparate. In the last century, they had produced several top experts of considerable prestige, making them a thorn in the Cloud Water Upper Sect's side.
It was said that the Cloud Water Upper Sect had tried to incorporate these prosperous islands into its territory before, but had suffered crushing defeats time and again. The political waters there ran so deep as to be daunting.
'This Blood Bodhi really isn't going to be easy to get.'
Chen Qing closed the tome, his brow furrowed in thought.
