Blood Slaughter Steppes

The **Blood Slaughter Steppes** is a special region that is handed down from ancient times.

This was the killing paradise of the Holy Demon Continent. Not only was there strong and pure infernal energy here, there were also no rules.

As long as one had strength, they could freely kill whoever they wished.

But in truth, this region was the base for Primordius and Xuanqing's Samsara Road and Yellow Springs River.

Now, deep within this steppes, there is a True Dragon and two World King powerhouses locked up due to a war from ancient times.

## Background

The history of the Blood Slaughter Steppes is too glorious and deep. It may have existed for even more than 100,000 year, thus no one knows just who formed the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

There are many different stories. Some say that there is a powerful and ancient Saint Beast sealed off within the depths of the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

It was said that there was a war that erupted from the Blood Slaughter Steppes once that lasted for thousands of years. There are even more outrageous stories.

Some say that the truth is that an unrivaled powerhouse from the Realm of the Gods came down to the Blood Slaughter Steppes and slayed a True Dragon there. The dragon’s blood dyed the grounds.

### **Road of Emperor**

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

When one reached the level of a Heavenly Demon Seven Star, then they could even go to more mysterious places such as the legendary Road of Emperor.

If one reached the end of the Road of Emperor, they would become an Emperor level powerhouse. A practice area like this was beyond anyone’s imagination.

A martial artist with a great will could possibly obtain a Battle Spirit in the Road of Emperor. This was Primordius' great inheritance involving his Heavenly Demon Martial Intent.

### **King's Cage**

One of the inheritances to comprehending the Heavenly Demon Martial Intent. It was available to all martial artists with a three-star authority. It is more like a smelting trial to one's foundation and thickness of true essence.

The highest ranks are called **Titled Asura**. There are roughly 30 individuals that made it for the last 10,000 years.

### **Eternal Demon Abyss**

The Eternal Demon Abyss is, in fact, just underneath the towers. The 12 Skysplit Towers of the Blood Slaughter Steppes are called the source of all infernal energy. But, these 12 Skysplit Towers actually share the same single true source of infernal energy, and that place is called the Eternal Demon Abyss.

This was where the majority of the high-level materials were found. Opposite of the Sea of Marvels.

Every 10 years, Skysplit Tower will convene its greatest manpower to explore the outside zone of the Eternal Demon Abyss. The resources they find are sometimes rewarded to the subordinates of the High Lords.

The Eternal Demon Abyss was over 10,000 miles wide and had a circumference of over 30,000 miles. But, the truth was that the area most frequently explored by the 12 Skysplit Towers was a small portion of the southern and northern tip. During every exploration, the northern six towers would explore the northern region and the southern six towers would explore the southern region, thus, the area actually wasn’t too large.

The Eternal Demon Abyss was a land of death. Since ancient times, countless heroic young elites and extraordinary High Lords would perish here. Some would die from the danger zones of the Enteral Demon Abyss, and some would die at the hands of other martial artists. In fact, this second reason was one of the major reasons for death in the Eternal Demon Abyss.

According to the records, in just this last millennium, over 170 High Lords have died within the Eternal Demon Abyss. Every time the Eternal Demon Abyss opens there would be one or two High Lords that die.

## Territories

The 12 Skysplit Towers, Blood Slaughter Steppes, and Eternal Demon Abyss were a much more terrifying relic of the past than the Demon God Imperial Palace.

Although the 12 Skysplit Towers were not a sect, they in truth could be regarded as a special Holy Land. Not just that, but the Skysplit Towers’ resources were much more terrifying than any other Holy Land’s

### **12 Heavenly Demon Skysplit Towers**

1. Heavenly Cloud Tower
2. Five Color Tower
3. White Stone Tower
4. Great Ax Tower
5. Blue Silver Tower
6. Exquisite Tower
7. Fascination Skysplit Tower
8. Polaris Skysplit Tower

## Members

### **Tower Masters**

* Great Ax
* Limitless Demon

### **High Lords**

The supreme master of a Skysplit Tower was the Tower Master, but beneath the Tower Master were the High Lords. These High Lords were all previous geniuses of the Skysplit Towers.

After passing through countless life or death massacres, they slowly climbed to the position of a High Lord.

With 12 Skysplit Towers, that would mean there were around 150 High Lords.

* Heavenly Cloud Tower
	+ High Lord Black Ash
	+ High Lord Cloud Demon
	+ High Lord Hidden Cloud
* Polaris Tower
	+ High Lord Heian
	+ High Lord Shengong
	+ High Lord Bloodfire
	+ High Lord Chi Yan
* White Stone Tower
	+ High Lord Three Eyes
	+ High Lord Whitedemon
* Five Color Tower
	+ High Lord Sandlight
	+ High Lord Sky Eye
	+ High Lord Sandstone

### **Others**

* Elder Xiao
* Sada
* Suo Ge
* Deacon Bai
* Hei Shi
* Zhuan Yu

## Infernal Energy

The Blood Slaughter Steppes contains very special supernatural laws. With the strong infernal energy there, anyone cultivating the killing path can do so at astonishing rates. In particular, the infernal energy of the Blood Slaughter Steppes is concentrated within 12 areas. If one can practice in these source areas, then they can obtain the greatest benefits.

The Blood Slaughter Steppes was a gathering land for geniuses, and the martial artists that came here every year were all rich individuals of their sects. In addition to guarding the Eternal Demon Abyss, gathering wealth, treasures, the Blood Slaughter Steppes could be said to be paved with gold. Every High Lord was ridiculously rich, and as the Steppes Master who controlled all of the Blood Slaughter Steppes, the degree of valuables in his treasure chamber could be imagined.

### **Blood Slaughter Token**

The 12 Heavenly Demon Cities had a limited number of Blood Slaughter Tokens. Blood Slaughter Tokens were used by martial artists to assist in condensing their infernal energy and forming the Heavenly Demon Tattoo. If one didn’t have a Blood Slaughter Token, then the infernal energy they gain from killing others would slowly disperse. It would take a much greater amount of effort to condense a Heavenly Demon Tattoo.

Any martial artist that has a Blood Slaughter Steppes entrance token can enter the Heavenly Demon Cities and absorb the infernal energy there, forming a Heavenly Demon Tattoo.

Once the Blood Slaughter Token was activated, it would temporarily merge with the martial artist, helping to form the Heavenly Demon Tattoo.

If someone were killed outside of the arena battlefield, then they wouldn’t be able to steal away their infernal energy.

After killing others, one can steal their infernal energy, finally manifesting your own Heavenly Demon Tattoo. The complete tattoo is a 12 Winged Heavenly Demon Tattoo. At this time, the Heavenly Demon Tattoo will merge with the martial artist and create a special sort of martial intent…

### **Heavenly Demon Martial Intent**

This sort of martial intent is called the Heavenly Demon martial intent. Once this Heavenly Demon martial intent is used, it will form a unique domain of infernal energy. This is called 12 Winged Heavenly Demon Forbidden Zone. Anyone that steps within this zone will be suppressed by infernal energy.

## Martial Artists

Those martial artists that willingly came to the Blood Slaughter Steppes were the most outstanding talents among juniors.

As for the older generation, most of them were powerful. But, few came to the Blood Slaughter Steppes; they were afraid of the strange and fantastical curse that enveloped the land.

As for as the weaker amongst the older generation, they didn’t usually come to the Blood Slaughter Steppes either. If they came to the Blood Slaughter Steppes, what they risked was death. They might lose their life in vain without even the chance to further their cultivation. The gains simply didn’t match the loss.

It could be said that the Blood Slaughter Steppes was the Holy Demon Continent’s gathering land for the most superb youths. Here, everyone was a genius. If one could jump ranks to defeat others, then so could everyone else. No matter how strong one was, no one underestimated anyone, even if they were on the same level. Even if their opponent was young or their realm was low, they still had the possibility to kill them.

### **Stepping Stones**

The Blood Slaughter Steppes truly lives up to its reputation. With top quality cultivation areas and top quality practice, in addition to the constant life and death battles, it is easy to stimulate a martial artist’s potential.

As long as one cultivates for several years without dying in the Blood Slaughter Steppes, their cultivation will inevitably rise a great deal.

It could be said that the accelerated pace of progress within the Blood Slaughter Steppes was paid with the deaths of countless heroic youths and geniuses.

This was like a group of bees selecting a queen. A competitor would have to kill the rest before taking the position of queen bee. The life and death battles of the Blood Slaughter Steppes were naturally much more effective than the great martial meetings of Sky Spill Continent’s sects. And in return, the price was that much greater.

## History

### **Hallowed Lord**

When these legends first began, the Blood Slaughter Steppes were only a place where infernal energy gushed out. The curse that killed Emperor level powerhouses hadn’t yet begun. Many demonic path martial artists came to this land to practice. Long ago, the Blood Slaughter Steppes were once known as the Holy Demon Continent’s cultivation Holy Land.

But tens of thousands of years ago, there was a sixth-grade Holy Land that wished to conquer the entire Holy Demon Continent. At that time, this Holy Land’s Hallowed Lord wished to take the entire Blood Slaughter Steppes as his own.

He assembled 12 Emperor level powerhouses in order to lay down a Heaven Locking Array and completely collect all of the 12 sources of infernal energy as his own, thus establishing a destiny for his Holy Land that would last 100,000 years!

Finally, when this great array was halfway completed, it suddenly collapsed. From the Eternal Demon Abyss, a horrifying existence emerged. The 12 Emperor level powerhouses were instantly killed, including the Holy Land’s Hallowed Lord. There were no survivors.

### **The Rise of the High Lords**

Several tens of thousands of years ago, this land was once the common resource of all the martial artists of the Holy Demon Continent.

But some people relied on their powerful strength and united all the different powers, making all of the budding talents their minions.

This governing faction may have been formed by single powerful twelve-winged Heavenly Demon martial artist or even a group of them. But what was important was that by using the rules of the steppes they made it their own domain.

They called themselves High Lords even as they amassed wealth and stole away control of 12 Towers' great resources.

They created all sorts of rules making it so that other martial artists have to slaughter each other to reach them, all in order to obtain the tiniest chances.

### **Current**

If the Blood Slaughter Steppes didn’t contain a mystical force that killed all high level martial artists that stepped into here, then this land would have already been aimed at by the many Emperor level powerhouses and Holy Lands of the Holy Demon Continent. At that time, an unrivalled great war would erupt over the Blood Slaughter Steppes, and the Blood Slaughter Steppes would eventually by carved up by the victors.

And such a war would probably erupt every thousand years, causing the land to be redistributed again.

Now, because of all these strange and secretive rules of the Blood Slaughter Steppes forming a pattern, in a sense, the current Blood Slaughter Steppes had become a special sort of sect. As for these High Lords, they were the same as the sect Elders.

## Hidden History

### **Cursed Land**

The Blood Slaughter Steppes is a cursed land. One reason is because it contains a massive amount of infernal energy and another reason is its secret that no one can discover.

Since ancient times, there have been numerous Demon Emperors, and also five-star and six-star Demon Kings, that have wanted to unravel the secret of the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

They wanted to seek out their own lucky chances, or at least use an array formation to channel all of the infernal energy for their own use.

But the result was that they all died, and all of them from mysterious and strange causes. Some rumors said that they were cursed to death, and some say that they were killed by the mystical power that lies within the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

### **Forbidden to all Life Destruction martial artists**

In the Holy Demon Continent, the Blood Slaughter Steppes was known as a forbidden land for all high stage Life Destruction martial artists and above. If a high stage Life Destruction martial artist were to enter, they would be fine at the start, but afterwards they would eventually suffer a tragic and miserable death in the future. This was the result of a curse!

Once or twice couldn’t be considered anything at all. But, in the past, many Divine Sea masters of the Holy Demon Continent, Demon Emperors, Fey Emperors, and countless others, had been killed off by the curse of the Blood Slaughter Steppes. After that, there was no high stage Life Destruction martial artist that dared to enter the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

Thus, the Blood Slaughter Steppes and the Skysplit Towers here were all considered a great arena for martial artists below the Life Destruction realm.

For high stage Life Destruction martial artists and Divine Sea martial artists, unless they became twelve-winged Heavenly Demons beforehand in the Skysplit Towers, they would be cursed by the Blood Slaughter Steppes.

This curse on king-level martial artists might be the due to Dragon Sovereign, but the implications might run deeper than that...

### **Reason**

The reason for the all-encompassing curse was from a transcendent divine might known as the God Curse Art. The extreme masters of the saints, Thunder Punishment, and Primordius had once battled here, and one particular saint Empyrean had used the God Curse Art.

The aftermath of that battle covered this entire region, cursing this land. Even after tens of thousands of years or even hundreds of thousands of years, this land still remains affected as before, without the curse dissipating.

## Trivia

* Five Color Tower, White Stone Tower, Great Ax Tower, and in addition to Blue Silver Tower, Heavenly Cloud Tower, and Polaris Tower, this was six Skysplit Towers. These six Skysplit Towers were located closer to each other, so they had assembled at the southern tip of the Eternal Demon Abyss. The other six Skysplit Towers had gone to the northern tip of the Eternal Demon Abyss. These 12 Skysplit Towers formed a circle, and the Eternal Demon Abyss was in the center of this.
* Polaris Tower’s total strength could only rank eighth or ninth out of the 12 Skysplit Towers. As for that Heavenly Cloud Tower, they are ranked number one. Blue Silver Tower can also be ranked in the top five.