Today's fourth update: Chapter 3292! 4/4!
The Flower Fairy had originally been nothing more than an inconspicuous lower life-form among the vast Plant Race, her status scarcely higher than that of lowly races like the common Lan Yin Grass on Blue Star.
Meanwhile, this Huang Race Half-Saint named Jiu Hai had likewise come from Tomb of the Kirin Online and was one of those who had awakened as a Totem Wielder early on.
His original form had belonged to the Ghoul Race.
The Ghoul Race was an extremely weak and often overlooked branch of ghost race under the jurisdiction of the S-Tier Race known as the Mount Tai Ghost Race.
The defining trait of this race—or rather, the core means by which they survived and cultivated—was digging up graves and tombs, stealing the lingering power and essence from the remains of the strong.
For them, uncovering ancient tombs from distant ages where powerful beings had been buried, and excavating corpses containing tremendous energy, was a supreme opportunity for cultivation, allowing them to advance by leaps and bounds.
Yet Jiu Hai had not awakened his totem and risen into the ranks of the Huang Race's top prodigies by following the usual path of ghouls, aimlessly digging and searching the outside world for the remains of powerful beings.
His path had been far stranger, far more... inward-looking.
If the success of native Totem Wielders like the Flower Fairy meant becoming the sole survivor among trillions of competitors of the same generation, and "treading upon countless corpses" was merely a metaphor for triumphing amid brutal competition...
Then for Jiu Hai, "countless corpses" had been the real, tangible path he had traveled—the most straightforward depiction of the source of his power.
He had truly treated Tomb of the Kirin Online, that graveyard of