The rebels had indeed separated the people, from those who were wanting to take Purple Haven themselves, and to those who were happier with having Sahara as their leader.

Whispers from days and weeks ago had brought the rebel numbers to five hundred and at least half of them did not have blocked cultivation bases.

They knew that they had to do this with great care, and with a plan. So, they had only showed that they had only two hundred people, keeping three hundred in the dark, hoping that will be an advantage. The other plan was already told to Steven, whom was a higher ranked cultivator, but still, someone that they could bring down. For the moment, as he was displayed in an opened area for the people to see with their own eyes, it did bring a few people showing a face of disbelief…

But…Many hadn’t changed sides through wanting to…It was more so out of fear!

Women had been placed all together, without the children, and men were able to take whomever they wanted freely. This was a reason that quite a number of the women came to their side, so that they could keep their innocence…But at least twenty had been forcefully taken and not even given the chance to join them at all…No, they weren’t even given any choice for anything as they were taken somewhere by the man who had grabbed them.

Out of the twenty women, two committed suicide, having felt that they had no escape. Two were able to flee, running and running until they could run no more…Four had tried to run but had failed and then, strangely, one…One was able to defend herself to a point that she had even killed the man that had taken her. But, otherwise, they were taken and had to bear a frenzied night with a male that was not in the least worried about the woman’s feelings whatsoever!

…Many fainted from either hysterics or from being used in such a way, but that had not stopped the men who had not been able to fulfil their sexual desires for quite some time now…

And…Most of the women lost hope after this night…

Before, when Purple Haven had gone into chaos, they were starved and spread out. It might have been a lot easier to hide and be able to stay away from this type of potential danger…Now, it had been very easy to group them up and have been watched by other males while a female is being taken away…And now…They felt like their own standards had completely vanished. A future…Well, to a quite a few of these ladies, they felt like they had no future!

The other men that hadn’t joined them in the rebellion were chased into another area and locked up, and then abused through the gates. The ‘bodyguards’ that normally followed Sahara around had tried to finish the palace while she had disappeared this time. So…They were already where the rebels wanted them…

Everything had happened so quickly, that people weren’t able to retaliate until they found themselves in a locked-up area or underneath someone’s body. And it did happen fast…From the moment that Steven was first attacked and brought out of the food area, then all five hundred rebels moved to organize everything at the same time, being done within minutes! After all, it had been time to eat, everyone always crowds around where the food gets given out and where the females had gone, was to one of the big, prosperous lands down the dirt road close by and the men went into the palace, but the gates were locked from the outside, instead of the inside…

Again, it was like the fall of Purple Haven…A past that many thought would never happen again…And obviously, some thought it was even worse than last time…A lot worse…

Some thought that those days had gone, and that they had lived better since…Others were scared and frightened, knowing that their future may not hold anything good, or anything at all…

A new leader had now taken over, and that leader let the men take the women, making them dance or dress up like that of the brothel ladies…They shot a few arrows over the gates of the palace, as well as laughingly put spears through the holes in the gates to scare the men away. He forced the children to do as he bid, making them make food and tea, even though they were crying both inside and out.

From the first moment, of the women and men being taken away, the children had to bow, or they would be slapped. A big row of them had sat there and heard that they were now to take orders without talking back. That was it…That was all that was said to them…But…

Over a short period of time, some children were suddenly gone…Some of them had run away…And a few of them were brutally killed in front of others, so that they would do as they were told…

In just a few short hours, Purple Haven had again reverted back to their scavenger ways, where some people were even thinking that death was a release…

***

Nate let out a deep, agonizing breath and slumped even further in his chair.

“We will no longer be able to unblock you while you are sitting…Honestly, your one tough child!”

Nate winced, but yelled out, “I am not a child!”

The old man let out a chuckle, “To me, you are a child!”

They had still been unblocking Nate’s cultivation base, but it had become harder and more painful now.

It had come to a point where they had to be extra careful upon forcing holes into the dantian because of the rest of the body. Not only that but Nate had even lost consciousness a few times because of the pain and knew that he may have to change his mind from fully unblocking his dantian and let this come to an end soon…Which completely irritated him to no end.

His desire for the red eyed woman was still there, but now…Hatred was sprouting up, making him want to punish her and make sure that she feels the same type of agony as he has had to!

The only time that plans could be made, was straight after he had woken up, because afterwards, Nate would not be well enough to. He had forced himself to be treated to every day since arriving, which has helped unblock two thirds of his dantian…But, doing this daily was so taxing, that plans could not be made after treatment had started.

But, in the last two weeks, the Red Haven Army had already begun forming, as Nate and his old friend, Hector, had gotten approval from the Red Haven King, to be able to march the army towards Green Haven.

The King of Red Haven had asked in return, that one of his men were to take the throne of Green Haven, so Nate only agreed if that man of his would also be one that would follow him as well.

There was nothing else, after the King misunderstood and firmly stating his disagreement, Nate had to state his secret plan of becoming the Golden Emperor and that he needed each Haven’s approval to make the Golden Bridge.

The King had only known that the golden eyes did show that those people were part of the Golden lineage, but he had never heard about this ‘approval’ that was needed to make the ‘Golden Bridge’.

Nate expressed that it was indeed correct, but was unable to show evidence, as it was a secret known all this time…But…Luckily, a very old book was found about a week ago, stating this fact, when it had not been a secret, and the King of Red Haven had relented and agreed. He will still be able to be mostly in charge of Green Haven and that type of future looked even better now, knowing that Nate’s plan was to bring back the ‘Golden Bridge’.

So, in the last week, the Red Haven Army was being mobilized and put into categories of those who were staying to protect the Haven, then the rest contained ranged soldiers, assassin type soldier’s, hand to hand combat soldiers and soldiers who could enhance their comrade’s strengths. Drugs and medicines were bought from the apothecaries and the Shaman’s, that were few, were also going to Green Haven...Even attack plans were already being thought of, as they started getting everyone together and knowing what they could do.

The Shaman’s, for instance, were able to talk to spirits and use them, so that could come in handy to keep any kind of defense from running in and trying to attack their ranged attackers, in which will most likely attack Green Haven from a distance first…Ideas were forming, and Nate let Hector introduce a few Generals to him in the mornings, so that they could meet…

In approximately another week, they had agreed to start making their way to Blue Haven, while Nate would still be treated during the travel…

And, after about two months of traveling through the wilderness, Nate was hoping that his brother had finished organizing the Blue Haven’s army, so that they could continue on towards Green Haven quicker…

Red Haven’s Army…It consisted of the same amount of the Green Haven’s Army.

Red Haven was quite a populated place, and their average cultivation bases ranked very similar to that of Green Haven. The difference was, they still had stocked nucleus’s and people who were able to make grey pills, like that of Sahara’s grey pill made with ‘Dispersion Meditation’, so the people had been able to ‘cheat’ and rank higher through using these pills. So, in that difference, they might be averaging about the same cultivation base as Green Haven, but they may not be as experienced because Green Haven had not been able to ‘cheat’ by using pills…Well…Except for a few people…

Green Haven had run out of nucleus’s years ago, so even if they wanted to do as Red Haven does, they couldn’t…

But…If Red Haven’s Army was approximately the same amount of people and same cultivation rank, how was there any hope of Green Haven surviving the upcoming war when Blue Haven’s potential Army had not even been added into the equation yet?

Nate knew of this, he had of course looked into the Green Haven’s Army while he had been in Green Haven…So, the happiness of knowing that their forces should definitely win, was also what helped him through his pain of unblocking his dantian.

Yes! I will have the approval of Green, Red and Blue Haven’s in just a few months’ time! Then I can move on, perhaps take the Army with me and scare the other Haven’s into submission! Ha! Perhaps in a year or two, I could be the Golden Emperor! And by that time, I’d have punished the red eyed woman into submission too and I’ll have my Empress!

Finding new enthusiasm, Nate nodded at Hector, “Keep going!”

End of Volume Seven