Forty Years and the Dust-Extinguishing Tribulation [Monthly Votes Requested]

Winter City had once been a bustling Immortal City within the Ice God Palace's territory. Now it had become a frontline fortress.

As another assault by the Vajra Temple was repelled, the cultivators throughout the city erupted in cheers.

"Wang Lin, two Core Formation Cultivators slain. Eligible to exchange for one Third-Order High-Grade magic treasure—"

"Ye Fei, slain—"

With so many low-level cultivators dead or wounded, those who survived should have mourned like rabbits grieving a fallen fox. But the Ice God Palace's lavish rewards quickly washed away the gloom.

Once they set foot on the path to immortality, life and death were no longer theirs to decide.

Dying for nothing would naturally bring grief. Dying while fighting for a chance at something more was another matter.

To unite its people—and draw more Rogue Cultivators to serve as cannon fodder against the Vajra Temple—the Ice God Palace spared nothing in its exchanges for battle merits.

"The sect leader of the Verdant Leaf Sect fell in battle. In honor of his noble sacrifice, our palace grants each of his three direct disciples an opportunity to reach Core Formation—"

"Elder Lu tragically died in this battle, but he held back a Core Formation Late Stage cultivator for our Ice God Palace. Both his sons have been accepted as direct disciples and granted opportunities to reach Core Formation—"

Beyond the battle-merit exchanges, the Ice God Palace was generous with compensation for the fallen.

Everyone knew it was buying a dead horse's bones to show what it would pay for a living one. Even so, the resources it offered were real.

Across Winter City's front lines, cultivators' eyes shone with fighting spirit.

"The Ice God Palace has done right by us this time."

"Exactly. Brother Luo died in battle, but they truly compensated his