Pathway

The boy picked up his sac and quickly tied it to his back.

"Getting ready for what, exactly?

"Springflame, of course."

The boy looked at Jufeng in bewilderment before moving towards the exit of the abandoned building.

"If you are coming. I reckon we get going. We should be at the town center for the processing. We don"t want to miss this. Definitely, I don"t."

"What processing? To join the cavalry?"

"We are soul cultivators. We are already part of the cavalry. The processing is for us to be accounted for, provided we don"t make it back. Our names will be in remembrance."

"Tell me something."

"Sure. If I can."

"Why is the calvary going to the Springflame?"

"Why? For the Iradium coins, of course."

"And, why should the town council care about that?"

"You seem to have lost quite a bit of your memory. I understand. Atimes, tragedy can be difficult to cope with. You have gone through so much already."

With a sad look, the boy let out a soft sigh.

"Well, don"t worry about it. It"s temporary, your memories will come back in no time. But for now, I will tell you the things you"ve forgotten."

Jufeng listened as the boy started to explain. From the words he heard, Jufeng came to know more of the place.

Planet Aalag.

A prepotence sphere of three nerons fusion. A conjecture of three major planets. It was one of the first planets of its kind that were created during the intrinsic expansion of the universe. Three planets coming together to form a conjecture planet. The uniqueness of planet Aalag, didn"t stop there. Before the creation of mortals of any kind, planet Aalag had been hosting an open dimensional dominion.

Springflame.

Dominions are one of the places that the cosmic divines hid luminous treasures and artifacts for mortals to find. They were also the homes of other numerous treasures. Some dominions even had divine treasures in them. They were divided into wake dominions and fallen dominions.

Springflame had changed its status twice due to unforseen problematic situations.

It was once a wake dominion. A dominion that was controlled by a mighty guardian, a divine gold dragon. Over the years of its acclaimed manifestation as an open dominion, many cultivators had explored it, in search of the hidden treasures. True to the course, a number of treasures had been found and carted away. But, there was a particular treasure hidden in this domain. The one that led to the death of the dragon guardian.

The Shadow-rage spear.

A total grade luminous treasure taken by a nameless black-dragon. A dragonblood who was a direct descendant of their ancestral black dragon, Heilong. A sacred beast who had reached ascendant stage and attained total transformation. An ascendant who had already surpa.s.sed the mortal plane and immortal dimensional planes. The black dragon had turned on the gold dragon after acquiring the shadow-rage spear.

The death of the gold dragon had an adverse effect on Springflame and planet Aalag.

Springflame became a fallen dominion after the death of the dragon. With no one to oversee it, all the regulations of the dominion broke down. Everything inside the dominion became active, including the deadly traps. Many, a treasure seeker that perished inside the dominion during this period until, suddenly, a new guardian appeared.

A Dawn-Gazer.

Since his appearance, new regulations had been introduced. Springflame became a wake dominion again. And, it was no longer an open dominion, it became a close dominion. Only Zhuji and Jindan level cultivators could enter it. This made it more difficult for treasure-seeking cultivators but still maintained the regulations of the dominion.

Of all the cultivators that came to planet Aalag to explore the Springflame dominion, only three mortal races beared the difficulty and stayed behind. They stayed behind due to some specific treasures that could be found in the dominion.

The Iradium coins.

Coins, produced by the soul-forger purecelestials at the heart of the eternal cosmic-flames. This they performed in accordance with the laws of creation under the watchful eyes of Divine Caishen. The primordial lord of fortune and wealth. These coins, served as monetary means for the immortals, G.o.ds and celestials alike.

These coins proved to be the pillars of planet Aalag. Why? Planet Aalag had limited resources to sustain any potential inhabitants. From the daily materials needed, to the spiritual energy needed for cultivation. But, due to these coins, potential inhabitants could purchase necessary things to make it a better world, from other worlds. Spirit stones and crystals could be purchased from other worlds due to the availability of these coins.

In no time, these races quickly formed the three powerful kingdoms of Aalag. That was why Aalag became known as the world of three kingdoms. The human kingdom, the scaven kingdom and the argonian kingdom.

THE HUMAN KINGDOM.

The human kingdom was under the sovereign rule of Yin Qiang, an ascendant of extreme powers. Under him were the marquis and marquess of the nascent souls, who were in control of the fortified cities. Each of these mighty fortified cities was a conjecture of many cities. These cities were under the power of the city lords. Then, we had the villages that were being supervised by the village chiefs.

The most intriguing thing about the human kingdom, was not the cities, but, the humans. The human kingdom was an immortal kingdom, quite alright. Since all the humans on this planet could sense and gather Chi right from birth. Which meant that, all the humans were born a cultivator and no mortal human actually existed here.

But, all of them were not the same despite the fact that all of them could sense and could gather Chi energy. This was where the differences and divisions came into fore. The human cultivators were divided into three types on this planet. They were the body cultivators, the soul cultivators and the dual cultivators. Although, there were a fewer number of humans who were cultivating both. It was possible for a soul cultivator, to cultivate the body to the undying stage with the necessary items and procedures.

While for the body cultivators, it wasn"t possible for them to cultivate the soul.

Why?

Because, they couldn"t gather Chi energy into their dantian. They could only gather it into their physical bodies. Therefore, they couldn"t transcend planet Aalag. Since, the nascent soul formation was necessary to undergo ascension divine tribulations. That was why they were training their bodies rigorously in various techniques. Once their bodies reached the undying stage, they would become true immortals. They wouldn"t be dying from any other cause, unless they were totally killed. And, they would be given an elusive martial arts technique making them become top martial artists to rival that of any world. Afterwards, they would be moved to the fortified cities.

Their importance couldn"t be emphasized enough, especially when facing the threats of the Scavens and the Argonians. They were the pillars of the human kingdom for two main reasons. Firstly, they had undying bodies. Secondly, they wouldn"t be leaving the planet for ascension in the future. So, they would always be around to defend the human kingdom.

The fusion of the three planet cores, really affected the spiritual energy"s presence on this planet. The formed large Neron core, wasn"t much connected to the mother core of the universe. Hence, spiritual energy was scanty on this planet. And, due to this and lack of other needed resources on planet Aalag, cultivation was extremely difficult. This was also affecting the welfare of the minor cities and villages at the outskirt of the human kingdom.

Lack of necessary resources meant that these minor cities and villages couldn"t properly defend themselves against the scrounging Scavens from the south-eastern part of Aalag.

THE SCAVEN KINGDOM.

The scrounging scavens. Creatures of extreme violence. They were the variant descendants of the mighty black dragon, Heilong. There were three types of scavens. The standard scavens, the sole scavens and the sacred scavens.

The regular scavens hadn"t achieve any form of awareness. They were the first ones in the line of fire on the battle fields. They were the workers and they were the onee sent out on marauding raids on the humans. They were led by the sole scavens.

The sole scavens had achieved awareness and half-transformation. They could reason properly and applied logic. But, they remained in their beastly form until they could achieve total transformation. They were the next in the chain of command.

While the sacred beast had attained soul awareness and total transformation. They could transform into mortal forms including that of the humans. Although, it could only be one form. Once they chose one mortal form, they would stay with that very form. And, the advanced sacred beasts, could veil their beastly aura.

Hence, the reason why the humans used the scrying orb to identify humans from the sacred beasts

The Scaven kingdom was divided into various colonies. Big colonies and small colonies. The big colonies were controlled by sacred scavens refered to as, gerents. While the small colonies were under the sole scavens called onliests.

But the whole kingdom, was ruled by the Scaven king, Nargoa. An hegemon-level sacred beast who had achieved total transformation and lived in human form.

Their kingdom was also affected by the limited resources on the planet. The standard and sole scavens needed spiritual energy to attain full transformation. While the sacred scavens would need it to continue advancing in their cultivation. They would also need materials and items to make their kingdom stronger and sustainable. Thus, the reason for most of their raids on humans.

THE ARGONIAN KINGDOM.
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The ultimate survivalists. Huge hominid mortals, with green-gold scales, narrow waists and broad shoulders. They were like a race made of humans, giants and scaled beasts. They were extremely formidable and deadly, which made them an exceedingly feared race. The reason why the scavens made a lasting pact with them.

The argonian kingdom was ruled by the argonian highest, Giraq. An exceedingly powerful ascendant. The argonian kingdom was made up of four territories. The northern territory, the southern territory, the western territory and eastern territory. Each territory was ruled by an argonian prevalent. The territories were made up of terrains which were under the supervision argonian regnants.

The argonians were fully, true cultivators too. Therefore, they were also affected by the scant resources.

The fusion of the three planet cores, had seriously affected the spiritual energy"s presence on this planet. The formed Neron core, had lost most of its connection threads. Thus, it wasn"t much connected to the mother core of the universe.

Hence, spiritual energy was scanty on this planet. And, due to this and lack of other needed resources on planet Aalag, cultivation was extremely difficult. This was also affecting the nature of the three kingdoms.

The only hope of the three kingdoms, was the Spingflame. An agreement was reached among the rulers of the three kingdoms to maintain peace at large. There could be minor wars and disputes, but the higher hierarchies would never get involved.

One of such means was the Springflame. Only the strongest cultivators would survive. The same applied to all cultivators partic.i.p.ating from other worlds too.

Jufeng, quickly gathered his wandering thoughts as they neared the town center.

The city lord was about to address the cavalry when the two of them arrived. They quickly joined them as they listened to his words. After his talk, the cavalry began their processing.

"Hm."

The white-robed scholar looked at Jufeng in total recognition. He was sitting with two other white-robed cultivators who seemed like scribes with writing scrolls in front of them.

"I remembered you. You came here yesterday, right?"

He asked with one eye brow raised.

"Yes, senior."

Jufeng answered politely.

"From one of the destroyed villages?"

"Yes, senior."

"Terrible fate. Truly terrible. Nonetheless, do you know what this journey we are taking is all about?"

"Yes, senior."

Jufeng nodded gently as he spoke.

"Hm. Come to this side, then."

After testing Jufeng"s affinity and confirmed he was an affiliate, they began his processing. He was registered as an orphan after making the native oath as a denizen of the city.

Several minutes later, they were on their way to Springflame as part of the cavalry.