Immortal Realm.
Immortal Vein Domain.
The Immortal Realm consisted of thirteen domains, a powerful world said to have been formed from the fusion of thirteen systems.
In essence, it was twelve great domains radiating outward from the Immortal Vein Domain at the center.
Each domain had its own local specialties. In the Immortal Realm, only the Immortal Vein Domain could produce a true local specialty—immortal stones.
The other twelve domains were merely outsiders who had moved in and occupied the Immortal Vein Domain's specialty.
It was like a group of dragons guarding their treasure and treating a mountain of gold as their nest.
At that moment, somewhere in a mining area of the Immortal Vein Domain.
Sword Xin had just finished practicing swordsmanship with a pickaxe, drenched in sweat. He pushed the ore he had dug to the claim station in a cart and collected his allotment of immortal stones for the day.
He wiped away his sweat and was about to leave.
A fellow worker beside him said, "Want to go have a drink?"
"Or gamble a little? I've had pretty good luck lately. You don't have to play—just come with me and take a look. I hear they're running a promotion today. Anyone who enters gets two free chips."
"They've even got pretty Female Immortals."
Sword Xin shook his head. "No need."
The few workers behind him chuckled amiably. "Then come play next time!"
Only after Sword Xin's figure had completely disappeared did the workers' expressions gradually turn cold.
The one leading them even spat viciously. "What a piece of trash."
A burly man beside him laughed. "He feels like at least a Two Calamities and One Tribulation. Unlike us—One Calamity and One Tribulation. Our potential is basically set. We have no future."
Indulgence was the choice of