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Cold Moon Plateau.
As the highest plateau known as the "Roof of the World," Cold Moon Plateau naturally stood incredibly, incredibly high above sea level. Its climate was likewise exceptionally harsh: northern winds howled year-round, and the temperature difference between day and night was astonishingly vast. Ordinary people without cultivation found it difficult to survive in such an environment.
But that did not mean the place was desolate.
On the contrary, vegetation flourished across the plateau, species abounded, and there were no few humans living there. After all, quite a number of the sacred lands under the Immortal Palace were located upon this plateau.
Among them was the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land, presided over by True Lord Yuanyuan.
The Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land was situated within a gigantic basin on Cold Moon Plateau.
The land within the basin was fertile, with relatively abundant moisture, making it highly suitable for cultivating certain varieties of spirit plants.
The various sand melons, crystal grapes, and numerous spices produced by the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land sold extremely well throughout the Immortal Dynasty and were one of its major sources of income.
Yet what made the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land most famous was not its spirit plants, but its extraordinarily developed livestock industry.
Because the Heaven-Devouring Scripture, the sacred land's Inheritance Scripture, was best suited to cultivating devouring-type bloodlines, most disciples recruited by the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land possessed devouring-type bloodlines as well.
Everyone knew that Xuanwu cultivators with devouring-type bloodlines were exceptionally able to eat.
If all the Spirit Beast meat required by these disciples had to be purchased from outside, the Heaven-Devouring Sacred Land would likely have been eaten into bankruptcy long ago. Thus, to ensure that its many disciples could eat their fill and eat well, rather than having their cultivation affected by