Polaris Skysplit Tower

**Polaris Skysplit Tower** is part of the 12 Towers of slaughter steppes and is near Polaris City.

This is the tower which Lin Ming enters and is considered amongst the weaker towers based on the power of their lords. The son of the slaughter steppe master was the original ruler of this tower till he died.

Skysplit Tower could not be compared to the South Horizon Region. The South Horizon Region was a small region about a million miles wide.

As for Skysplit Tower, it was a place where nearly every young genius within the Holy Demon Continent that walked the killing path came to.

These were the most outstanding youths among those that cultivated the demonic arts.

## Origin

It had been built and refined by Empyrean Primordius himself.

The Road of Emperor was connected to the 12 Skysplit Towers and drew in energy from this.

As for the killing rules of the 12 Skysplit Towers, the twelve-winged Heavenly Demon, and so forth, they were all part of the Samsara Laws. In the past when Empyrean Primordius managed the 12 Skysplit Towers, they had run in such a way.

## Overview

*Note: Each tower has the same height, width, and volume. Therefore, they all have the same floors, facilities, practice areas, and even government.*

### **Floors**

Skysplit Tower is divided into five total floors, each being around 7000 to 8000 feet high. Every floor is connected to the others with transmission arrays.

The higher floors were hidden in a hazy, disturbing red fog. This fog was condensed from a great amount of infernal energy. Because the higher levels were concealed by the infernal energy, it was impossible to see just how high Skysplit Tower was.

* The first floor is normally called the outer city. As long as you hand over Blood Demon Crystals then you can enter.
* The second floor is called the inner city. If you wish to enter here, then you need to be strong enough or have a high cultivation.
* The third floor is similar to the second, except that the requirements for strength and cultivation are much higher. The total amount of people on the third floor is also very low; there are just a mere several hundred individuals.
* As for the fourth floor, that is the High Lords’ floor. The 12 ten-winged Heavenly Demon High Lords are all completely located on the fourth floor.
* The fifth floor was the area of the Tower Master, and it was also the entrance to the Eternal Demon Abyss.

### **Facilities**

The internal structure of this arena battlefield was much more complex wherein business was sprawling. There were a variety of bars, inns, restaurants, and even brothels.

This Skysplit Tower is too large. It occupies an area over several miles long and there are all sorts of facilities inside. Once a person pays the admission fee, they can live here as long as they want. No wonder there were so few people outside.

Sex trade was also widespread within the tower. In the arenas, there weren’t just martial artists, but also a massive number of beautiful slaves. They carried drinks and wore little clothing; it wasn’t even enough to wrap up their butts. They delivered wine and water to the stands as they endured the abuse and groping of the martial artists.

### **Mortals**

Skysplit Tower has existed since age immemorial. These mortals were mostly born in Polaris City. Their ancestors were originally slaves who were brought here. Afterwards, they stayed in Polaris City and had children.

For generations, it was and still is impossible for these people to leave Polaris City. The only chance they have is if they die. Their ashes will be scattered from the cliff. In a sense, they can return to their lands.

### **Wealth**

This is Skysplit Tower, everything here is expensive. All of the food and water here is transported from other lands by Xiantian martial artists with spatial rings. Not just that, but there are many heroic youths here. Not a single one of them can be considered poor, and all of them have great wealth. Where there is a great deal of wealth, prices of resources will naturally rise.

In Skysplit Tower, even mortals would have Blood Demon Crystals on them. After all, as long as one encountered a swanky martial artist and served them well, gaining some rewards would also be normal.

Within Skysplit Tower, because the High Lords overflowed with far too much wealth, it was common to see them with heaven-step treasures. But, these were mostly the lowest of heaven-step treasures. As for medium-grade heaven-step treasures, only very few people had seen them before.

## Inhabitants

### **Leaders**

In Polar Skysplit Tower, there were a total of 12 ten-winged Heavenly Demon High Lords. In Skysplit Tower, the 12 High Lords were the emperors, they controlled life and death in their hands. And for the mortals of Skysplit Tower, a High Lord was no different from a god, a being that they couldn’t even look up to.

Of Skysplit Tower’s 12 High Lords, besides the Chief High Lord who was also the Tower Master, the other 11 High Lords weren’t even heaven-step Asuras. There were also many of them who weren’t even earth-step Asuras.

Although their talents were inferior to Feng Shen’s, and even inferior to Yan Chi’s, their ages were high. Of the High Lords, the weakest of them had strength that surpassed every challenger.

If a new Heavenly Demon High Lord was born, then they would have to split the wealth. Many of the older Heavenly Demon High Lords didn’t want to see this situation occur.

* High Lord Evil God Lin Ming (Former)
* Chief High Lord
* High Lord Bloodfire
* High Lord Heian
* High Lord Shengong
* High Lord Chi Ya

### **Heavenly Demon** **Seven Stars**

When a martial artist reached an eight-winged Heavenly Demon Tattoo, the High Lords would send someone to negotiate with them. If these martial artists were willing to accept their conditions, they could become a demon envoy under their control and both parties could be happy.

On Skysplit Tower’s third floor, a Heavenly Demon Seven Star was the symbol of not only strength, but also wealth.

When one reached the level of a Heavenly Demon Seven Star, they would no longer need to worry about having to fight in a match every two months. Not just that, but they received a fixed amount of slaughter points every month.

* Feng Shen - Rank 1
* Yan Chi - Rank 2
* Maha - Rank 3
* Da Gu - Rank 4
* Kai Yang - 5/6
* Xun Ji - Rank 7

### **Third Floor**

The third floor only had around 300 to 400 challengers. Most of them have fourth to sixth-winged heavenly demon mark. The humans on the third floor did not surpass two digits in number.

* Ming Sun - Rank 12
* Yan Hu - Rank 17
* Hong Zhong - Rank 50
* Muk Gu - Rank ~350
* Wan Shu
* Lin Feng
* Bai Ling
* Gumu Lang
* Lin Wu
* Ao Yue

### **Second Floor**

The second floor had around 3000-5000 challengers. Most of them have second to fourth-winged heavenly demon mark. Also, there were many Saint rank martial artists as well as an extremely small minority of Emperor grade talents.

* *First-Tier*
	+ Xing Tian - Rank 1
	+ Xue Man - Top 5
	+ Feng Ling - Top 6
	+ Sable Witch - Top 10
	+ Crazy Dog - Top 10
	+ Lan Xing
	+ Huyan Luo
* *Lower-Tier*
	+ Muk Qing
	+ Hong Mao
	+ Blackrat
	+ Xu Feng
	+ Zhou Tianyu
	+ Zang Gao

### **First Floor**

On the first floor, there were tens of thousands of challengers. There were cheers, endless clamoring, shouts, cries, and people acting crazy everywhere.

* Zha Na - Top 3
* Gu Yue - Top 3
* Bloodrose
* Ao Ri
* Xu Yan
* Wang Dong

## Challenge Matches

These were true killing grounds. The air was suffocating and fanatical. The arena was filled with tens of thousands of seats. However, very few of these people were sitting. Most of those there stood on their feet, screaming, laughing bawdily, or even waving around weapons in their hands.

In the challenge match stage of the Blood Slaughter Steppes’ Polaris City, the probability of death was over 60%. And, whether one died or was defeated, 50 to 70% of their total accumulated infernal energy would be added onto the winner’s body, while the rest of their infernal energy would dissipate. These were the strange rules that governed the 12 Heavenly Demon Cities.

According to the customs of the arena battlefield, all of the deceased’s belongings, including spatial rings, went to the victor. The only thing that Skysplit Tower kept after the death of a participant was the Blood Slaughter Token.

### **Condition**

According to the rules of Skysplit Tower, in order to enter the second level, a contestant must obtain a 12 win streak at the first level, or obtain victory to the point that no one dares to challenge them.

This so-called blowout was when no one dared to challenge a martial artist in the arena. This sort of situation usually only happened with the Giant Demons and the Fey.

Every level of Skysplit Tower had certain requirements for a martial artist’s cultivation. The martial artists that had a higher cultivation had to go to a higher level of Skysplit Tower. Therefore, those martial artists that were able to cause a complete blowout amongst those at their cultivation level had to be the most supreme of talents. To humans, this was far too difficult. Even Saint level talents weren’t enough.

### **First Floor**

From the first floor to the third, every floor became increasingly lonely and deserted the further up one went.

On the first floor, the arena that could hold tens of thousands of people was nearly full every day. There were cheers, endless clamoring, shouts, cries, and people acting crazy everywhere.

As long as one paid a medium-grade Blood Demon Crystal then they would be able to enter the first floor. Many of these individuals were not challengers or even young elites. They had gathered there purely because they loved to see these killing games.

Thus, it could be said that the martial arena of the first floor was a never ending slaughter fest.

### **Second Floor**

For challengers, age restriction is probably up to 30 years old. In truth, a martial artist only needs to obtains a 20 win streak or surpass a five-star Demon General cultivation level. If they can satisfy any of these conditions then they can enter the third floor.

As for the second floor’s martial arena, it could only hold around 8000 people. The audience was nearly all challengers and they were much more restrained than those people on the first floor. Often they would peacefully watch the match – they wouldn’t be crazily shouting. There were many crouching tigers and hidden dragons amongst these groups of people.

Even if a Saint rank talent were to come here, they wouldn’t dare to be arrogant. They wouldn’t even dare to fight with someone at their own level. Who could say that the person they provoked wasn’t a future Peerless Emperor?

The second floor has practice areas that the first floor doesn’t. If you practice there, your results will astronomical.

The second floor has no authority requirements. One only needs to pay the required Blood Demon Crystals depending on the area you wish to go in. A high quality practice area will require not only Blood Demon Crystals but also slaughter points. For instance, a top practice area will require one slaughter point every ten days. As for more general areas, they usually require one slaughter point per year.

### **Third Floor**

As for the third floor, it was even lonelier. The martial arena could only hold a mere few thousand people. The audience every day amounted to several dozen individuals. In a single day there would often only be a few matches, so most of the time the martial arena of the third floor was unoccupied.

The third floor has a special rule. On the third floor, if you defeat your opponent and gain a winning streak, then you will gain slaughter points, just like on the second floor. But, what’s different is that on the third floor, if you kill your opponent instead, you will instantly accumulate a 10 win streak.

Skysplit Tower also has a rule that every martial artist on the third floor must compete in a match every two months. Otherwise, they have to leave Skysplit Tower and leave Polaris City. Once they leave Polaris City, their Heavenly Demon Tattoo will begin to fade over time and they will have to restart from scratch if they wish to reform it.

## Rewards

In Skysplit Tower, every martial artist has a corresponding authority. A normal martial artist only has an authority rank of one star.

Every time you obtain a Glory Emblem, your authority will rise by another star. The highest is 12 stars.

On all of Skysplit Tower’s expenses, you may receive a certain amount of discount for each star. As your authority increases, so will the benefits you receive.

There are many areas in Skysplit Tower that you can’t enter if your authority isn’t high enough. For example, there are special auctions, or special cultivation areas and treasures.

* **Glory Emblems**
	+ There are many of them. Besides the Invincible Emblem, there is the 100 Victory Emblem, 1000 Killer Emblem, Destructor Emblem, Lord Emblem, and so on…
	+ The second floor did not have an emblem for a complete blowout. Rather, there was only the King Emblem.
	+ Termination Emblem - Among the possible emblems one could obtain, it gave one of the higher rewards. 50 slaughter points. If you can kill a martial artist with a 100 win winning streak, you will obtain the Termination Emblem.

### **Slaughter Points**

Slaughter points can be used to purchase special things. For instance, when I previously mentioned cultivation spaces, those spaces require not just authority, but one also needs to pay Blood Demon Crystals and slaughter points in order to enter.

Also, for certain specialized auction houses, there are certain goods that can only be purchased with slaughter points.

On the second floor, there were four different methods to earn slaughter points:

1. The first one to obtain winning streaks. 10 wins, 20 wins, 30 wins, 40 wins, and so forth, one could obtain corresponding slaughter points with every set of 10 winning streaks. Can't fight too weak opponents. Thus, the matches one faced would become increasingly ferocious.
2. The second method to earn slaughter points was nearly the opposite of the first method. It was to end the winning streak of an opponent. For instance, if someone were to end Lan Xing’s ten win streak, then that slaughter point would go to them.
3. The third method was to obtain a Glory Emblem. Every Glory Emblem gave a certain number of slaughter points.
4. The last method was to gamble on a match. Once two sides made an agreement, they could bet slaughter points. The one who won would obtain these slaughter points.

## Trivia

* In the last several thousands of years, Lin Ming would be the fastest High Lord born within the entire Blood Slaughter Steppes, as well as the youngest High Lord. He would replace High Lord Heian as a new one of the 12 High Lords, given the title of High Lord Evil God.
* In fact, even the title of High Lord Evil God was given to him by the martial artists of the third floor, spreading out from that point afterwards. This was naturally a title that originated from Lin Ming’s title given to him by the King Tablet, Evil God Asura.
* To martial artists from the demon races, such as the Giant Demons or Imps, the step from a three-star Demon King to four-star Demon King was similar to a human martial artist’s leap from Revolving Core to Life Destruction. It was not a small hurdle. After a Skysplit Tower High Lord broke through to a four-star Demon King, they would then leave Skysplit Tower. Otherwise, if they stayed within the Blood Slaughter Steppes for too long, then there was a chance they would be killed by the mystical power within the Eternal Demon Abyss.