Magic Vine Minor Realm.
At the Magic Leaf Family's territory, some Horned Demon Tribe members who had been away and luckily escaped extermination rebuilt their family here. They set up a crude Formation Array atop the spirit vein as a symbol, fulfilling the family's duty of guarding its land among the imperial tribes.
Because of the war and safety concerns, very few returned. There were only several dozen clansmen, and only one General Grade Magic Leaf clansman.
Most of the work was handled by a slave race called the Vine Tiger Tribe—setting up Formation Arrays, repairing the damaged family mountains and houses, and so on.
No one noticed a faint shadow within the spiritual soul of a Nascent Soul level Vine Tiger Demon named Vine Tiger Stone.
That faint shadow had fused with the spiritual soul, as though it had existed from birth.
In truth, living beings possessed all manner of strange and varied souls, with every conceivable physique. A little extra darkness was nothing unusual.
Even a Great Emperor could not claim to spot something at a glance.
The Nascent Soul level Vine Tiger was the same.
He loyally carried out the tasks his master assigned him, carefully constructing the Formation Array. He took out Formation implements that looked no different from the imperial tribe's usual array foundations and buried them in the soil one by one.
The core Formation implement, meanwhile, was respectfully delivered into his master's hands for activation.
Several months later, a Fourth-grade low-grade Formation Array rose within the Magic Leaf Family's territory.
"It's done."
"That was too easy."
Deep within the Nascent Soul level Vine Tiger Demon's soul, a shadow let out a breath of relief and sank into silence.
At that instant,
the Fifth-grade Spirit Vein of the Magic Leaf Family in the Magic