Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Lin Zhao stood under the door and looked up.

The lingering sword intent within the words still flows; thousands of years have passed, and its sharpness has not diminished at all.

The person who wrote this character must have at least a Nascent Soul cultivation level, and be a top-tier Nascent Soul expert at that.

Lin Zhao felt the sword intent pressing down from above, as if scrutinizing him—sweeping over him from top to bottom before moving away.

The Azure Cloud Heaven Gate itself is a fourth-grade high-quality magic weapon.

That sword intent is part of the core restriction of the magic weapon, specifically designed to identify the race and aura of those entering and exiting.

If any living alien race or demon beast approaches, these sword intents will light up, turning the entire gate into a demon-slaying gate.

The monks passing by did not stop, clearly having long been accustomed to this.

Lin Zhao withdrew his gaze and walked towards the island.

He is human.

The magical artifact's restrictions were naturally ineffective against him.

But if it were a different race standing under this gate, that would be a different story.

Biluo Island does not allow any alien races or demonic beasts to enter—regardless of your cultivation level or status.

Is it a human cultivator's spirit pet, vassal, or a servant bound by a blood pact?

No one is allowed to enter; anyone who does will die.

Biluo Island is like this, blatantly rejecting all monsters and alien races.

In fact, quite a few alien races joined the Alliance of All Laws.

However, Biluo Island is the only force in the Alliance of Myriad Laws that dares to do this.

Doing this will offend a lot of people.

The alliance contains many different races, including the Merfolk, the Azure Feather Clan, the Clam Clan, and the Chi Jiao Clan, totaling more than a dozen races, all of which have signed various alliance agreements.

On the surface, the Alliance of All Laws advocates equality among all races and working together to resist demonic beasts.

But Biluo Island doesn't care about that.

It started by hunting monsters, and countless monsters died at their hands. Countless of their relatives and brothers were also buried in the mouths of monsters.

The hatred between the two sides is irreconcilable.

Some members of the alliance once proposed to establish a boundary with the monsters and not invade each other's territory.

The representative from Biluo Island immediately stated that he would withdraw from the All-Laws Alliance.

Cultivators may have no limits, but humans do.

In their view, neither alien races nor demonic beasts were good people.

Biluo Island naturally has all the problems of a powerful force, but when it comes to dealing with alien monsters...

My stance never wavers—those who are not of my kind are bound to have different intentions.

Lin Zhao's choice of Biluo Island was also due to this reason.

Apart from the Myriad Beasts Spirit Lord's Palace, the seven overlords are actually all dominated by the human race.

Even the very beginning philosophy of the Myriad Beasts Spirit Lord's Palace was to respect humans.

Later, the concept of respecting humans evolved into respecting the holy race, with various cultivation families monopolizing resources, which completely changed the system.

Besides the Immortal City, Biluo Island also has hundreds of markets scattered throughout the island. Some are built in a terraced pattern along the mountainside, while others are located by the sea, each with its own unique liveliness.

Lin Zhao noticed that the Foundation Establishment Pills here were made from materials from demonic beasts, and were not much different from genuine Foundation Establishment Pills.

The price isn't high; you can exchange it for a second-tier demon core.

He has more than two thousand second-tier demon cores, and if he really wanted to exchange them, he could get nearly a thousand Foundation Establishment Pills.

Unfortunately, this thing was of little use to him.

Lin Zhao also bought a few, purely to see the refining effect and how it differed from the Hundred Beasts Foundation Building Pill he had previously deduced.

He sold several more batches of monster materials, visited seven or eight markets, and discovered a problem—he had too many goods, and their quality was too high.

Ordinary markets can't handle too many materials from third-tier monsters, and even if they could, it would take a considerable amount of time to digest them.

The prices are also quite average; unless you encounter a powerful entity with an urgent need, it will be difficult to sell them all.

The main reason is that he has no background in the Endless Demon Sea. If he had a powerful force, it wouldn't be difficult for him to make a move, thanks to the channels he has cultivated over the years.

It seems I'll have to find a way to sell it myself.

He stopped browsing the market and flew towards the center of the island.

The main spiritual vein of Biluo Island runs east to west. Legend has it that it was a fifth-order spiritual vein at its peak, but it has now fallen to the fourth-order top-grade level.

The concentration of spiritual energy is highest at the mountaintop, where visible spiritual mist lingers and lingers, casting a faint rainbow when illuminated by sunlight.

That is the Azure Sea Immortal City.

Lin Zhao entered the city. The streets in the city were even more bustling than the market town, and the shops on both sides were paved with spirit stones, with various signs hanging at the entrance.

He didn't look around much and headed straight for the Alliance Hall in the center of the Immortal City.

The main hall is the tallest building in the entire Azure Sea Immortal City. It is constructed entirely of a dark blue-green spiritual material. A huge spiritual mirror floats on the roof of the hall, its surface slowly rotating and reflecting the sea in all directions.

He entered the main hall and found the counter for exchanging merit points.

Behind the counter sat a female cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage. She took his token, glanced at it, and asked routinely, "Fellow Daoist, would you like to exchange it for merit points or resources?"

"Meritorious service".

He placed the storage bag on the counter. The female cultivator glanced at it with her divine sense, and her expression instantly changed.

She looked up at Lin Zhao, then looked down again to make sure she wasn't mistaken.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait a moment."

She got up and went to the back to invite a Core Formation Manager to come out.

The manager was an elderly man with white hair. He took the storage bag, probed it with his divine sense, and remained silent for a while.

Then he gently placed the storage bag back on the counter, his attitude more polite than ever.

"Fellow Daoist, this batch of demon cores and blood crystals, priced according to the Alliance's merit points, totals 30 million merit points. Are you sure you want to exchange them?"

Lin Zhao nodded.

The steward took out a jade plate and counted and recorded the items in the storage bag one by one.

Hundreds of third-tier demon cores were piled up in a small mountain on the jade plate. Each one was the size of a fist and had a different color: the fire-attribute ones were as red as charcoal, the water-attribute ones were as dark blue as ice, and the wood-attribute ones were as green as dripping water.

The entire counter was covered with 100,000 blood crystals, their dark red surfaces shimmering with a faint luster, like congealed blood droplets.

Several monks who were there on business nearby stared wide-eyed.

After the tally was completed, the steward transferred the merits to the token.

The spiritual patterns on the identity token lit up layer by layer, rising from the lowest level one all the way to level six.

The entire process lasted for more than ten breaths. Each time the spirit rune advanced to a higher level, the token emitted a soft buzzing sound.

A sixth-tier token corresponds to the privileges of the peak Core Formation stage.

"Does fellow Daoist need anything else?"

Lin Zhao retrieved the token: "Wanfa Tower".

The Myriad Laws Pavilion is not located on the ground of the Immortal City.

Its entrance is located underground in the Immortal City, and one must pass through three layers of restrictions to reach it.

Lin Zhao followed the path pointed out by the steward and entered a downward stone staircase through the side door of the main hall.

The walls on both sides of the stone steps are inlaid with spirit stones.

After walking for about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the stone steps came to an end, and before us was an underground palace.

The dome of the underground palace was extremely high, with only a layer of pale golden light covering it.

Countless spiritual patterns flowed across the light screen, forming powerful restrictions, their spiritual pressure heavy as if it were tangible.

In the very center of the underground palace stands a nine-story tower, its entire body constructed of a dark gray stone.

Lin Zhao walked to the door and pressed the token into the groove on the door.

A flash of inspiration struck, and the door opened.

The interior of Wanfa Tower is much larger than it appears from the outside.