Heretical sects not only cultivated methods that diverged from orthodoxy but also secretly communicated with Outer Gods in the outer worlds.0

After the human race claimed dominance over the Abyss, they either eradicated or banished the foreign races worshiping these Outer Gods to the Fifth World. The altars and temples the foreign races built were destroyed, severing the mediums connecting the Outer Gods to the Abyss.0

This was done to prevent the influence of these otherworldly beings from further infiltrating the Abyss.0

Humans largely did not worship any gods.0

Those who embarked on the path of cultivation saw no reason to revere or offer devotion to the Outer Gods in the outer worlds.0

However, outliers inevitably existed, parasites within the human race secretly seeking to communicate with the Outer Gods.0

They mimicked the ways of foreign races, erecting altars and hidden shrines, beseeching the Outer Gods for unorthodox cultivation methods.0

Whenever such individuals were discovered, all the other sects and factions worked together to eradicate them.0

The White Bone Sect, the Blackwood Sect, and the Blood Prison Sect were all...0