Warrior's Promise

Yuanwu Domain was a neighboring domain of the Hong Domain, but it was way more powerful than the latter.

Not only was the standard of martial arts across the region extremely high, but Yuanwu Domain was also several times bigger than Hong Domain, occupying a radius of half a million kilometers.

Amidst the clouds, a snow-white bird with a wingspan of 10 feet flew at a lightning speed.

This bird was a Class 4 Lv 3 Demonic Beast known as the Cloud-surfing Bird. It was extremely weak for its level, even weaker than an average Class 4 Lv 3 Demonic Beast. However, it moved at an amazing speed, comparable to that of an expert at the peak of True Spirit Realm.

Three youths were seated on the back of the Cloud-surfing Bird: Su Mo, Hong Qingxuan, and Wu Sheng.

This Cloud-surfing Bird was Hong Qingxuan's transportation.

Having entered Yuanwu Domain yesterday, they were now hurrying toward a place known as "Great Yuan City".

It was a superpower in Yuanwu Domain, more powerful than any of the seven superpowers within the Hong Domain. This city housed a Domain-teleporting Formation.

The three of them were chatting happily on the back of the bird.

"Su Mo, I can recommend you to my Celestialspirit Sect, allowing you to become an inner disciple directly. Would you consider it?!"

Hong Qingxuan offered Su Mo an invitation with a smile on her lips, her eyes shining.

Su Mo didn't know how to react, an invitation to her sect was the last thing he could have expected.

From their previous conversations, he was already aware that Hong Qianxuan was the disciple of Celestial spirit Sect, one of the four superpowers of Dark Domain.

She was heading toward Dark Domain to return to her sect, while Wu Sheng followed because he wanted to join Celestialspirit Sect as well.

Wu Sheng would be wasting the Legacy he received if he continued to stay in Hong Domain. Thus, Hong Qingxua had extended an invitation to him a while ago.

Su Mo was even more talented and better than Wu Sheng, so she had already postponed the intent to invite him to join the Celestialspirit Sect for a while.

After a brief thought, Su Mo replied, "Ninth Princess, I'm actually not going to stay in the Dark Domain. I aim to head to the Central Continent!"

Su Mo didn't reject her goodwill outright but made her aware that she had other goals in mind right now.

"Central Continent?"

Hong Qingxuan was slightly surprised before she frowned and shook her head, saying, "Su Mo, with your current strength, there's no way you can reach the Central Continent!"

"Oh? Why is that so?" Su Mo asked curiously.

After some thought, Hong Qingxuan replied, "Other than the fact that Central Continent is very far, the natural barrier between the Central and the East Continent alone would prove to be extremely difficult for you to cross!"

"Barrier? What's the barrier between the Central and the East Continent?" this piqued Su Mo's curiosity since he was not aware that there was such a barrier.

"A vast stretch of Barbaric Mountains lies between Central and East Continent, with a radius of four million kilometers that separates the two Continents. Countless violent post-archean beasts live within those mountains, including many descendants of ancient species. Without the strength of a late-stage True Darkness Realm martial artist, you would only end up being eaten by the demonic beasts!" Hong Qingxuan replied.

"Barbaric Mountains!" Su Mo couldn't help but frown. If this was true, it would indeed be difficult for him to cross something that stretched for four million kilometers.

After passing Lv 3, all demonic beasts were able to fly. It would be likely that he would be attacked by countless of them if he tried to cross the mountains.

"Therefore, even if you wanted to go to the Central Continent, you would have to wait till you are powerful enough to cross the Barbaric Mountains safely."

Hong Qingxuan warned.

"That's right! Su Mo, you should join Celestial spirit Sect too! We would become brothers of the same sect!" Wu Sheng said with a smile.

"My Celestialspirit Sect is one of the four major powers in Dark Domain, and also one of the seven superpowers in the East Continent. You could train in Celestialspirit Sect until you are strong enough to head toward the Central Continent!" Hong Qingxuan said.

She didn't know why Su Mo wanted to go there, but it should most likely be for training. After all, the Central Continent was the center of Firmament and Continent and the pinnacle of martial arts in the entire world. It was where everyone looked toward.

Su Mo sighed inwardly. It seemed like he would need to stay within East Continent for a while. However, he wasn't frustrated at all, since he knew that it was because he was too weak to do anything on the Central Continent. Even if he somehow reached Central Continent, he would still have to spend quite a bit of time there just cultivating his strength.

"Alright! I'm interested to see how mighty and prosperous the superpower of East Continent might be!"

Su Mo eventually accepted Hong Qingxuan's invitation, because it was, in fact, better to train with a major power than to do it alone.

"Haha! That's great, we will be fellow disciples from now on!"

A stunningly beautiful smile appeared on Hong Qingxuan's beautiful face like a lotus in bloom. Su Mo fell into a daze gazing at her face.

When Hong Qingxuan noticed Su Mo's heated gaze, she blushed and turned her head away, not daring to look at him anymore. She was completely showing her feminine side, totally unlike her normal cold self.

Her chest rose and fell gently as her heartbeat sped up.

"What's wrong with me?" Hong Qingxuan asked herself inwardly.

Uh!

Su Mo was even more dumbfounded to see Hong Qingxuan acting weirdly. This normally distant girl was actually embarrassed!

"Could she be into me?"

Su Mo rubbed his chin, and couldn't help but smile at that thought.

The three of them continued toward Great Yuan City without further conversations.

However, their expressions soon changed slightly because Cold-blood Hall was clearly running rampant in Yuanwu Domain as well. They had passed through a town that was overflowing with an air of death as dried up corpses piled up like mountains.

"Is Cold-blood Hall's influence extending to Yuanwu Domain as well?"

Su Mo couldn't help but frown. He knew that Cold-blood Hall had side halls in every domain, and now it seemed like the side hall in Hong Domain wasn't the only one running rampant. They were displaying similar behaviors in other domains too. He wasn't sure if the main hall in Dark Domain was acting the same way.

It seemed that the ultimate goal of Cold-blood Hall was to dominate the East Continent!

The superpowers in the East Continent should really join forces to completely exterminate an evil power like Cold-blood Hall!

After a long while, Su Mo stopped thinking about it and to consolidate his cultivation by refining his Genuine Vitality.

It would take a while to reach the Dark Domain, so he should make use of the time to completely consolidate his cultivation. By then, with the astronomical amount of spiritual stones he had, he would be able to try to attain Enlightenment Realm in one shot.