In the Nine Provinces Cultivation World, Merit and Battle Merit existed only as numbers displayed within cultivators' Battlefield Marks, yet they were wealth that could allow cultivators to obtain many tangible resources.
No matter which one it was, it was crucial to cultivators.
There were roughly three ways to obtain Merit. First, by killing enemies. Second, by selling items to Heaven's Mystery Vault. The other was through distributions by the Garrison Envoy at one's camp during the Spirit Stream Realm. Beyond that, there were no further means.
Battle Merit, however, came from a greater variety of sources besides killing enemies on certain special occasions. For example, in the Myriad Beast Domain Secret Realm last time, Lu Ye had not gained much Battle Merit simply by killing enemies. Yet by leading Pang Dahai and the others to resolve the source of the Myriad Beast Domain's crisis, he had gained Battle Merit by the handful.
Thus, Battle Merit could be obtained not only by killing enemies, but also by completing certain specific events, and the amount gained was far greater than from killing alone.
By comparison, Battle Merit was undoubtedly more important, because it could be used to directly purchase Spirit Signs.
Merit could not.
The only way to exchange Merit for Spirit Signs was by participating in Spirit Sign auctions.
That was also why many Cloud River Realm cultivators liked searching for various Secret Realms in the Cloud River Battlefield and entering them.
The Spirit Stream Battlefield had many inheritances, while the Cloud River Battlefield had many Secret Realms. The former allowed cultivators to gain a more solid foundation, while the latter enabled them to grow rapidly. In this way, powerful cultivators could be born generation after generation in the Nine Provinces Cultivation World.
Since entering the Cloud River Battlefield, Lu