Jiang Ding changed hiding places again.
He was still in the Magic Stone Minor Realm, within the territory of a race known as the Skull Vine Demons.
The Skull Vine Demon Tribe ranked sixth in the Horned Demon Tribe's nine-tier slave race system. They were permitted to possess Nascent Soul Peak Stage strength, which was the General-level Peak Stage in their own system.
Yes, Horned Demon Tribe cultivators could advance however they pleased; strength was tied to status. But slave races could not.
Any slave race cultivator who wished to advance beyond Foundation Establishment had to report to the lord of their territory, obtain the lord's permission, register, and only then could they advance.
Otherwise, it was an illegal advancement.
Illegal advancement was a capital crime within the Horned Demon Tribe. Any Horned Demon Tribe cultivator or slave race cultivator could kill—and was required to kill—an illegally advanced cultivator. It was a compulsory duty, and one could exchange it for merit.
Naturally, the merit earned by a Horned Demon Tribe cultivator and that earned by a slave race cultivator for the same deed were worlds apart.
That was only natural. There was no need to say more.
Jiang Ding lay hidden within the soul of the Skull Vine Demon Tribe's chieftain, silently watching events unfold.
At this moment, the Nine Great Dao Children had also begun their infiltration. They would become all manner of kings, participate in the struggle for the Imperial Son's Crown, and imperceptibly alter the course of the war to achieve the strategic objectives required by the Nine Spirit Domain.
As for what identities they had taken, Jiang Ding did not ask. He did not wish to know.
The current Flame Stone Star Domain was a place where winds and clouds surged. All sorts of forces took