Mercenary City… It was a grim place, akin to a forgotten garbage heap within a city. It was shunned by most, and its inhabitants struggled daily just to survive.2

They dwelt at the bottom rung of society, relegated to the lowest echelons. Regardless of their cultivation realm, their prospects in life were bleak, destined to achieve nothing until their lifespans ran out.1

Unlike other cultivators with longer lifespans, those in Mercenary City faced shortened lives due to the constant intrusion of the devil sea's aura in the Heavenly Desolation Domain. The spiritual qi here was tainted with impurities.0

Different from the Long clan’s disciples who enjoyed the benefit of cultivating under spirit-gathering formations, the residents of Mercenary City had to endure severe corrosion...0