Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Even in the human cultivation world, strength is paramount and the law of the jungle prevails; how much more so for the naturally bloodthirsty demon race.

Ironwing Demon General never forbids fighting among his demon generals, whether it's a one-on-one duel or a battle against a beast tide, he doesn't care about life or death.

The only prohibition is that high-ranking demon generals are not allowed to attack mid- or low-ranking demon generals, and mid-ranking demon generals are not allowed to attack low-ranking demon generals.

In addition, although the victorious demon general can take away the territory of the loser, he must pay corresponding tribute, and the tribute must be increased by 20% on the original basis.

Not only demon generals, but also demon commanders are not exempt from fighting. However, after winning, the offerings they receive will increase by 30%.

This is a rule that applies throughout the entire Demon Burning Realm: those below the Great Sage must pay a substantial tribute to the higher authorities every so often.

This offering can be spirit stones, spirit herbs and materials, or even low-level demonic beasts, as long as the required amount is reached.

The demon generals are in a slightly better position. Their spiritual lands are at most tens of thousands of miles in circumference, so although the burden is quite heavy, they can barely bear it.

However, starting with the Demon General, the stronger one becomes, the more offerings they must pay.

The burly man was weak and not well-informed, but this offering must have been quite substantial.

Ironwing Demon General has fought with other demon generals several times and participated in the war between the two realms more than once, seemingly all in order to pay his tribute on time.

On this basis, increasing the offerings by another 30% would be an extremely heavy burden.

Moreover, the cultivation of a demon general is far more difficult than that of a demon general, and their lifespan can reach 30,000 to 40,000 years. They are even less likely to engage in a death battle.

Since the burly man took human form, the Iron-Winged Demon General has never fought to the death with other demon generals. He only lets his demon generals and demon beast army fight for a certain rich territory.

As for whether the battles between the demon kings were fierce, the burly man, with his limited perspective, could not possibly know.

Low-ranking demon generals can roam freely in the Myriad Demon Continent, but in the Burning Demon Realm, they have only just taken human form, emerged from ignorance, and are weak in strength. In the dog-eat-dog world of demons, they face extreme danger.

Apart from following the Iron-Winged Demon General on a campaign more than 600 years ago, the burly man had never left the area within a million miles in his life. After that great battle, he had never even left the desolate grasslands for thousands of miles.

In his spare time from daily cultivation, he would think about how to raise the offerings to give to the Iron-Winged Demon General.

For the demon general, this offering was barely manageable, but after paying a large sum of cultivation resources, the speed of cultivation would be greatly slowed down.

Although one can pay low-level demon beasts to replace cultivation resources, the number of demon beasts under one's command will decrease, and one will be at a disadvantage when fighting other demon generals. There is a risk that the entire territory will be taken away, and one may even lose one's life.

The desolate grasslands are extremely barren, with only a medium-sized spiritual vein and a few small spiritual material veins.

The burly man has already exhausted all resources, forcing low-level demonic beasts to mine at full capacity. At most, this can only sustain the area for another two or three hundred years.

Even so, after each offering, he had no left over and could not exchange it for pills to support his cultivation.

However, the miniature spiritual material mine that the burly man remembered was different from the one Chen Yuan had in mind. In the human realm and the Myriad Demon Continent, it was comparable to a medium-sized spiritual material mine.

In the rough and burly man's memory, this medium-sized spiritual vein beneath the low mountain was also referred to as a miniature spiritual vein.

Upon seeing this, Chen Yuan couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement.

But then he thought again, the spiritual energy of the Burning Demon Realm was so rich that it was comparable to a small spiritual vein in the lower realm.

If the spiritual energy of heaven and earth condenses into a spiritual vein, the concentration of spiritual energy will naturally be higher than that of other spiritual veins. In the eyes of the demons of the Burning Demon Realm, it can only be considered a miniature spiritual vein. By analogy, a large spiritual vein in the lower realm can only be called a small spiritual vein in the Burning Demon Realm.

Within the cave of the Iron-Winged Demon General lies a small spiritual vein.

The giant spiritual veins that the ten major sects of the human realm and the eight royal families of the Ten Thousand Demon Continent rely on for their tens of thousands of years of inheritance are merely medium-sized spiritual veins in the Burning Demon Realm.

As for the large or even giant spiritual veins in the upper realm, one can only imagine how vast and pure the spiritual energy they contain must be.

The burly man was able to risk his life to survive the tribulation of transformation, which shows that he has a remarkable character and is unwilling to stagnate in his cultivation, which is why he frequently fights with other low-level demon generals.

However, his aim was not to seize territory; the extra 20% in offerings would only make his cultivation more difficult.

Besides ceding territory, the defeated demon general could also choose to offer a sum of cultivation resources as compensation, which was what the burly man sought.

However, his talent and supernatural abilities were mediocre, and the demonic beasts on the desolate grasslands also had ordinary bloodlines. Without any spiritual grounds to enhance his strength, he suffered more defeats than victories in battles.

In the end, he also had to lose some cultivation resources, and with the death of low-level demonic beasts, the burly man's situation became increasingly dire.

Not only is his cultivation still stagnant, but he also has to mine more spiritual materials and ores, even at the cost of damaging the source of the mineral veins, in order to make up for the lack of offerings.

Even if Chen Yuan doesn't kill him today, in another two or three hundred years, the miniature spiritual material mine will be completely exhausted and abandoned.

When he is unable to pay enough tribute, he will have to use low-level demon beasts instead, and his strength will gradually decline. Sooner or later, his territory will be taken away by other demon generals.

However, in addition to offering low-level monsters, offerings can also be made using battle merits.

The burly man can actively participate in the war between the two realms, during which other demon generals will be unable to contest his territory.

However, the offerings he owes are still owed. Only by making meritorious contributions in battle can he offset the offerings. Otherwise, he will remain on the battlefield of the war between the two realms and will never be able to return to the Demon Burning Realm.

For this burly man, it would be better to fight with other demon generals, perhaps he could seize some cultivation resources, or even take over a new territory and turn his life around.

Although he had not participated in the war between the two worlds, he had heard about it from demon generals who had returned from the battlefield.

That was a true cataclysmic event, a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood. Even demon saints and demon kings risked their demise, let alone low-ranking demon generals.

When the burly man was cultivating in the Iron-Winged Demon General's cave, he had seen several wild demons who, like him, had luckily survived the tribulation of lightning. They risked their lives to achieve meritorious service and were granted territory.

But at most a thousand years later, they will be unable to pay their offerings.

They either died in battles with other demon generals or fought desperately to the battlefield of the war between the two realms, hoping to make meritorious contributions to offset the offerings, but none of them were able to return.

This seems to be the fate of wild demons. Without a powerful bloodline or a strong background, they can only become cannon fodder on the battlefield, whether in the brutal war between the two realms or in the battles between demon generals that can be seen everywhere in the Burning Demon Realm.

Chen Yuan sensed the desolation in the heart of the burly man. He was just a wild boar demon beast who had luckily survived the tribulation of transformation, a beast that ate raw meat and drank blood, savage and ferocious.

But he also wanted to cultivate to a higher realm, open up his own cave dwelling, and make his name spread throughout the Heavenly Skeleton Continent.

It seems the demon race is intentionally forcing demon generals and commanders to fight each other. I wonder if the same applies to the demon kings? (End of Chapter)