Author: Half a Lifetime and a Thought

This realm is called the Ironwood Realm, named after the abundance of ironwood. The ironwood itself becomes harder as it ages, and is a tool-making material. Its associated grass, Lithospermum, is a body-forging material.

The Ironwood Realm has a vast territory and is divided into five regions: southeast, northwest, and central.

There are many plains in the central region, which are the most prosperous and mainly the gathering place of human race.

There are many mountains in the Northern Territory, the most vast one, and it is mainly the gathering place of the demon clan.

There are many forests in the southern region, which are the most fertile and are mainly the gathering place of demon clan.

There are many oceans in the Western Region, which are the most mysterious and are mainly the gathering place of the sea people.

The Eastern Region is diverse and most complex, with all ethnic groups present.

There are mainly humans and demons in the Ironwood Realm. Humans have high intelligence and short lifespans, while demons have low intelligence and long lifespans.

The demon clan is actually divided into the land demon clan and the sea demon clan, but the sea demon clan calls itself the sea clan, so generally the demon clan refers to the land demon clan.

The overall strength of the Sea Clan is strong but scattered throughout the sea area. The overall strength of the Monster Clan is not as strong as the Sea Clan, but the Monster Clan is more united than the Sea Clan. Some strong Monster Clan imitated the Human Clan and established Lingyun Temple, one of the nine superpowers in the Ironwood Realm.

, all composed of demons of level seven or above.

The demon clan is divided into beasts, monsters and demon cultivators. In the ironwood world, there are a lot of wild beasts, which are not very intelligent and rely on instinct to act, such as rabbits, wolves, tigers, etc. Some of the beasts turn on their spiritual intelligence and actively absorb

Reiki cultivates monsters. Monsters are divided into nine levels, which correspond to the nine levels of human monks. Monsters from level one to level six only have animal forms. To break through from level six to level seven, you need to survive a catastrophe and transform into a human form.

His spiritual intelligence was greatly expanded, and from then on he began to have two forms: animal form and human form. His spiritual intelligence was the same as that of humans, so the seventh-level to ninth-level monsters also called themselves monster cultivators.

Offspring conceived by demon cultivators are born in two forms: beasts and humanoids. They are at level one when they are born. With sufficient resources, they can directly grow into level seven monsters in adulthood. However, regardless of race, it is difficult for high-level cultivators to give birth to children.

The sea clan is directly divided into level zero to level nine sea beasts. Level zero sea beasts correspond to the beasts of the demon clan, and level one to level nine sea beasts correspond to level one to level nine monsters.

Sea people of the same level are generally stronger than monsters, but monsters of the same level are generally smarter than sea people.

The demon race and the human race are in a state of hostility. Demons eat human bodies to improve their cultivation. Humans need demon bodies as materials to make weapons and elixirs. It depends on who is more skilled.

The Monster Clan and the Sea Clan are also hostile to each other, because they can feed off each other to increase their cultivation. However, the two territories are different, and they generally cannot touch each other. They basically do not interfere with each other. The exception is places like the seaside, which is usually populated by humans.

There is a three-party melee between the demon clan and the sea clan. No matter who they encounter, they all want to kill each other.

So on the surface, the only people who rule the Ironwood Realm are the demon race and the human race, but in fact it can be seen as a competition between three ethnic groups.

Human race, demon race and sea race.

Among them, the sea tribe fights with itself in the ocean. The sea tribe generally does not like to go ashore for a long time and just likes to stay in the water. This is its nature. The biggest danger in the ocean is the sea tribe itself. "Big fish eat small fish.

"Small fish eats shrimp", everyone is fighting for survival.

So what is left is the contest between the human race and the demon race. The two races are fighting from bottom to top. It can be said that life is endless and the battle is endless!

Who is stronger and who is weaker among the three tribes? No one knows this, because the three tribes have never really gone to war. Looking at the three tribes, the human race only accounts for one-third, but the human race is more united than the demon tribe, and the demon tribe is more united than the sea.

In terms of ethnic unity, no matter how strong an individual's power is, it is limited, but the power of unity is infinite and has the potential to benefit thousands of generations.

Therefore, in terms of individual strength, the Sea Clan is the strongest, followed by the Monster Clan, and the Human Clan is the weakest. However, because of the unity of the Human Clan and the selfless dedication of one strong Human Clan after another, the Human Clan grows quickly and has high potential.

Moreover, the human body conforms best to the laws of heaven and is easier to understand and practice. Therefore, when the demon tribe and sea tribe have reached the seventh level of cultivation, they must transform into human bodies to increase their understanding and speed up their cultivation.

The human race is ruled by various sects. The sects control the stability within their jurisdiction by assigning disciples to manage the city. The city is responsible for managing the villages and towns built around the city.

Regardless of individual strength, the nine superpowers currently united in the Ironwood World are:

1. Temu Zong (Southern Region)

2. Tianyan Sect (Northern Territory)

3. Shangqing Sect (Western Regions)

4. Guiyi Sect (Eastern Region)

5. Taichuyuan (Zhongyu)

6. Wuxiang Temple (Eastern Region)

7. Lingyun Palace (Northern Region)

8. Yunwai Tower (Southern Region)

9. Four Arts Alliance (Northern Region)

Seeing this, Xue Huaijin sighed to her elder brother: "I wonder which sect we have joined?"

Xue Huaiyuan’s funny reminder: “Look at the covers of all the books again.”

Xue Huaijin took a look, okay! "A Brief Introduction to the Ironwood Realm", "A Brief Introduction to the Tianyan Sect", "The Rules of the Tianyan Sect" and "Basic Knowledge of Cultivation". Needless to say, they were worshiping the nine super powers of the Ironwood Realm.

One of the forces is Tianyan Sect.

"Don't just focus on the best ones. There are 9 super powers, 28 first-level powers, and 99 second-level powers." Xue Huaiyuan reminded.

"Ah? So many sects?" Xue Huaijin was shocked by the number. Turning to the next page, it turned out that there were 28 first-level forces.

"Not all are sects, some are families." Xue Huaiyuan corrected.

"And there are families? Let me take a look." After Xue Huaijin finished speaking, he saw among the first-level forces, "Zhao family in Jiuli City, Shen Yanshan..."

"Brother, I have an extra goal now!" Xue Huaijin said seriously.

Xue Huaiyuan looked at Xue Huaijin in surprise, it couldn't be what he thought!

"I want our Yanjing Xue family to be included in the list!"

Xue Huaiyuan watched dumbfoundedly as his sister was already considering a new prefix for the family name. Did her sister forget that they were still rookies in the world of cultivation? This goal was too ambitious!

But when he first saw this place, he was a little moved, but then he was hit by the family standards that followed.

"First-class family (first-class force) standard: the family used to have more than five ascended ancestors, and the family now has at least twenty combined-stage and above combat capabilities (there are currently 6 first-class families).

Second-class family (second-class power) standard: The family used to have more than two ascended ancestors, and the family now has at least ten combined-stage and above combat capabilities (there are currently 12 second-class families)." Xue Huaiyuan did not say much.

, directly read out the following standards.

"Look at this!" Seeing that Xue Huaijin didn't understand, he took "Basic Knowledge of Cultivation", turned to the first page, and pointed it to her.

"Dharma cultivation level and lifespan

Qi training period (100 years old)

Foundation building period (150 years old)

Golden elixir period (300 years old)

Nascent Soul Stage (600 years old)

Out-of-body period (1200 years old)

Distraction period (2400 years old)

Combination period (4800 years old)

Tribulation period (9600 years old)

Mahayana period (19,200 years old)"

Looking at the dumbfounded Xue Huaijin, Xue Huaiyuan said funnyly: "Let's not talk about other things. Just look at this and you will know that making the Xue family become a first-class family or a second-class family is not a matter of one or two people. It will take a long time.

, this depends on family accumulation. Although we can’t see the day when it will be included in the book, we can lay a solid foundation for it.”

"For example?" Xue Huaijin asked.

"Two ascended ancestors." Xue Huaiyuan raised his eyebrows and said.

"Yes, okay! That's it!" Xue Huaijin clenched his fist, and the second goal was to soar!

Xue Huaiyuan was very satisfied when he saw his sister's energetic appearance. She was fine as long as she was like this. There was no need to be stressed. As for family? Family, family, the word "clan" is not a matter of one or two people. It will be done when it is time.

It just happened naturally.
Chapter completed!