Thanks to the Jade Token, the journey through the Northern Abyss Islands came with far less bullshit, and the long-suffering Cheng Yu no longer had to worry about feeding himself.
Their next objective was simple: keep visiting the other parts of the Northern Abyss Islands and check them off.
Although Cheng Yu approached it as though he were completing a mission, he gradually found himself drawn to the scenery of the Northern Abyss Islands.
After the Monster Emperor cut away part of his own power and pledged allegiance to Heaven, the Demon Race's downward slide was halted, and the steadily worsening environment of the Northern Continent began to recover. After the Second Heavenly Demon War, Humankind and Monsterkind had rendered tremendous service.
The Demon Race Great Sage Shen Yu had even saved the beleaguered Eternal True World through Transforming Oneself into a Pass, and the Heavenly Dao had finally begun treating the Demon Race a little like its own children.
Although the Demon Race's power in the northern reaches of the Eternal True World had suffered an unprecedented blow, the resources now produced by the Northern Abyss Islands far surpassed those of the old Northern Continent.
Back then, even the great clans of the Northern Continent had needed the Demon Dynasty to divert resources from other continents to sustain them.
Now, the Northern Abyss Islands could even supply resources to the Demon Race's court in the Central Continent, sending the territory's standing within the Demon Race soaring.
Some of the great northern clans that had relocated to other continents during the Second Heavenly Demon War gradually returned north.
Thanks to this virtuous cycle, the Northern Abyss Islands had completely shed their old reputation as the Demon Race's most impoverished region.
With so many different species among the great clans, Cheng