Xiao Cheng sat by the window, gently rubbing a tiny star crystal between his fingers. The Eternal Angel had formed it by solidifying a small amount of star power from the Eternal Star, allowing him to sense the direction of the other four Eternal Stars at relatively close range.
Although it was less effective than the Eternal Angel's own perception, even the Eternal Angel could not monitor Xiao Cheng's every move around the clock, day after day. To prevent another mix-up, the Eternal Angel had left him this item.
He set down the crystal and looked beyond the windowsill toward the horizon at the continent's far western edge, where twilight was settling. There stood a barrier ordinary people could not cross: the Northern Endless Mountain Range. Deep within those mountains lay a secret known to very few, yet tied to the survival of the entire Douluo Plane.
The Blood God Legion.
Information about the Blood God Legion circulated only among the upper ranks of the greatest powers. It was the Sun Moon Federation's deadliest military unit in terms of mortality, yet also its least known.
It took no part in the power struggles between factions. Like a wedge, it had remained driven deep into the Endless Mountain Range for six thousand years. Its purpose was not to win a war, but to hold the defensive line that ensured the Douluo Plane's safety.
Established more than six thousand years ago, the Blood God Legion did not belong to the Sun Moon Federation's system of eight major legions. It was a secret legion outside the regular military structure.
It was so unusual because, from the day of its founding, it had possessed only one core mission: to guard the passage to the Abyssal Plane in the Endless Mountain Range, repel invading Abyssal