The Crow's words gave Lin Bai a basic understanding of the forces within the Celestial God Tomb.
The Celestial God Tomb was now divided among three great clans: the Human Race, the Demon Race, and the Ghost Race.
The Human Race built cities, the Demon Race occupied the mountains, and the Ghost Race ruled underground. On the surface, the three great clans seemed to leave each other alone, but in reality, they restrained and checked one another. If any one side grew too powerful, the other two would join forces to suppress it.
The Human Race had four great cities. Lingxiao City was monarchic in nature, Silver Moon City was based around a lineage, Tianyi City was sect-based, and Tianchi City was a land of chaos.
The Demon Race had four great territories: the Boundless Wasteland of decayed mountains and foul swamps, the Great Snow Mountain atop the ice plains, Demon God Ridge in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, and Myriad Evil City, where humans and demons coexisted.
The Ghost Race had two major regions: the Azure Ruins Battlefield, the ancient burial ground, and the Dragon Burial Abyss, the source of yin and sinister energy.
The three forces were intertwined, restraining and checking one another. Calling it a tripartite balance was not wrong.
"By the way, what treasures did you get from those three ghost cultivators?" Lin Bai suddenly changed the subject and asked the Crow.
The Crow's expression stiffened with slight embarrassment. He had thought that after painstakingly introducing Lin Bai to so much about the forces within the Celestial God Tomb, Lin Bai would forget about those treasures. He had never expected Lin Bai to remember them all along—and bring them up.
Lin Bai wore a cold smile. He had seen through the Crow's ulterior motives long ago. Under