The Path of Blood, rooted in the Force and fueled by the dark side of the Force, represented a ritual with the power to kill a ch'hala tree. This Path of Blood was one of the ancient Sith teachings imparted to the Wyrd, a Coven of Tarasin Force witches, by Len Markus, the leader of the Believers Sith cult.
Around 19 BBY, after failing to corrupt the ch'hala with the dark side, the First Witch of the Wyrd resorted to the Path of Blood to destroy the World Tree Ch'hala. The First Witch initiated the Path of Blood by fatally stabbing her second-in-command with a meter-long, black rod made of metal, unleashing a powerful wave of red energy that surged into the ch'hala. However, Jedi Master Lanius Qel-Bertuk gave his life, merging his essence with the ch'hala, allowing it to resist the dark energy released by the Path of Blood. The tree then redirected the rite's energy back at the First Witch, causing her to detonate.