Spirit Vessel

The center of Crimson Territory wasn’t a city but rather, a fallen star.

This star was named Crimson Leaf. It floated 90,000 meters above the ground. One would have a great view while standing on top of it.

The territory lord of Crimson was no different from a god looking down at the land.

The main branch of the half-demon alliance was built on this star, albeit on the most barren continent out of the eight.

This was relative, of course. The star was still the center of Crimson Territory. It consisted of powerful clans and experts that have been doing business here for years.

This barren continent was still more suitable than Season City in terms of cultivation. Everyone wanted to stay on this star forever in order to train.

“Whoosh!” A formation flashed brightly. Feiyun’s group has arrived at Crimson Leaf.

They felt a monstrous pressure right away. This was ten times stronger than the one back at Season City. Their internal organs were being crushed.

Any first-level Heaven’s Mandate would instantly explode upon arriving.

Li Lang and Ye Xiaomu were the weakest. Their expression soured as they had a hard time standing. They nearly dropped to the ground earlier from being caught off guard.

“Incredible, the core of this star is a massive Meteoric Stone.” Feiyun had an acute spiritual awareness and felt the source of the pressure.

“Stop lingering around, you’re blocking the path!” An armored soldier with a crimson spear riding a large lizard shouted at Feiyun’s group.

The words contained sonic waves, able to rupture people’s eardrums.

Feiyun blocked in front of Ye Xiaomu. The two staggered dozens of meters backward. She would have lost her hearings if it wasn’t for him.

Zhan Shidao also blocked in front of Li Lang in order to protect him.

Elder Mu took out a badge and respectfully handed it over to the lizard rider. The latter took a look at the badge before staring at the group with disdain: “Hmph! Just five half-demons. This badge is a low-level one, you can stay here for ten days. Either extend the time or be banished later.”

He then threw the badge on the ground and left haughtily.

Elder Mu crouched down to pick up the temporary badge and carefully put it away. He then took the group away from the ancient portal.

“How enviable, I wish I can join the Army of Might.” Zhan Shidao stared at the rider, not feeling indignant about the encounter at all.

“You need at least one hundred contribution points on the battlefield before doing so, it's not easy.” Elder Mu sighed, clearly wanting to join at all.

Joining this army meant being able to stay at Crimson Leaf forever, hence their desire.

Even the children from the ancient clans wanted to join this army. Their status would soar in their own clan too.

The alliance was on a continent named Profound residing to the northwest. It consisted of the strongest older demons including the seventh-ranked ones.

It was rented at a high price annually. Only the top half-demon geniuses of each domain could come here to train for a period of time.

When Feiyun’s group got there, they found that several thousand others had arrived. The demographic varied; the only constant was their talents.

More and more were still coming.

Elder Mu gave each of them a medal and said: “Registration is today, tomorrow is when the competition starts. Go show them the medal and find the right cave, get ready to fight a few days later.”

Elder Mu and Zhan Shidao went off to do so. They wanted to take advantage of every single second while being on top of this star.

“How confident are you guys?” Feiyun became curious about the star and didn’t go to train.

“All the top prodigies are here and only 500 will be selected out of 43,270. The chance is too small so I’m not that optimistic.” Ye Xiaomu had red hair and white skin.

“We’re at the ninth level of Heaven’s Mandate. I heard that only 50 will be chosen from this realm. This competition is harder than the Nirvana realm.” Even Li Lang who loves battles wasn’t that confident either.

The half-demons only had 500 spots. These contestants were the future - winning contribution points and prestige for their kind. Moreover, they’ll train at the battlefield and will become the pillars of the alliance later on.

Thus, these 500 needed to be powerful on top of having considerable potential and luck. Only the best of the best were selected. Because of this, the Heaven’s Mandate realm only had fifty spots.

Li Lang and Ye Xiaomu were talented but this competition was extremely tough. Their chances were low.

“It’s not impossible for you two to win.” Feiyun put on a mysterious smile.

“You have an idea, Brother Feng?” Li Lang became excited and grabbed Feiyun’s hand: “Brother, you must help me. I want to go to the battlefield and eventually join the Army of Might.”

Ye Xiaomu stared at him with admiration and hope.

“There are many medicines that can increase talents and potential.” Feiyun said.

“Yes, but we can’t afford them. They’re too expensive.” Xiaomu responded.

“You can’t but I can.” Feiyun said.

The two became excited. They knew that Feiyun had a special status. Even the elders from the battle palace wanted to flatter him.

***

A market existed 800 miles outside of the main branch. Its name was Glacial Market, built on top of a frozen lake.

Profound Ice Essences were the things freezing this lake. They were harder than True Mysterious Spirit Stones.

There were ice palaces on top. The streets, trees, and plaques were all made from the ice essences.

Many cultivators came here to trade since it was the largest market within a thousand miles. It was relatively famous on Profound.

The items here were quite rare, virtually impossible to be found outside.

Feiyun entered one palace with a focus on alchemy and resources. A pretty receptionist came over and asked: “Sirs, what are you looking for? Our owner is from Firecloud Ground, we can get you anything you want…”

She suddenly stopped and sniffed before frowning: “You’re half-demons?”

She could smell the demonic aura on Li Lang and Ye Xiaomu.

“You don’t sell to half-demons?”

“Well, no.” The girl stopped being enthusiastic.

Since this place was so close to the alliance, half-demons still came to trade.

However, the majority was poor. Even the seniors didn’t have that many spirits stones. They only bought the low-level merchandise and were looked down on by others.

The powers that had shops here didn’t want to deal with the wretched half-demons. This girl felt the same way after working here for a while.

“What merchandise to improve talents do you have here?” Feiyun asked.

“Hahaha! Three half-demons want to buy alchemy materials for talent improvement? What a joke, not like they can break through Heaven’s Emergence after using them.” A youth around the age of twenty laughed while entering the shop.

He had two handsome youths with him. They all wore expensive clothes - clearly coming from rich clans. Even their ornaments were spirit treasures.