Divine Emperor of Death

"Feng, see that huge gate?"

Karlheinz Strom proudly smiled, "That's the famous Crimson Ridge Gate. It is a top-quality High-Level Emperor Grade Formation that covers the surroundings in a huge, transparent barrier as well as acts as a deterrent to any invasions by the wicked path, although it is questionable if they would even be able to near us considering the impeccable advantage we possess in these crimson mountains seething with fire-attribute energy."

"Oh? How many Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources or Cores are there below?" Davis curiously asked.

He recalled that the Alstreim Family had only five or six Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources.

"Hahaha! The right numbers are not known, but it should be around a hundred or so..."

Davis kept his smile as he nodded his head. He wasn't surprised but knew these should be the publically known numbers. The small-sized Territories only had a little over ten, but the Burning Phoenix Ridge alone possessed more than a hundred, and this number was calculated not including their entire Territory.

These Peak-Level Spirit Stone Sources were purely from this place!

"Moreover, there's a Mid-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouse guarding it as well, so there wouldn't be any unforeseen contingencies." Karlheinz Strom smiled as he nodded his head, almost as if he was assuring Davis or perhaps warning.

Davis's expression imperceptibly froze.

He knew that he was screwed before he could even enter the Burning Phoenix Ridge at this moment. He felt that he would surely be scanned with the other party's soul sense, and his anomaly of having deep, hidden cultivation would be noticed even if the Ninth Stage Powerhouse could not determine his true cultivation that is at the Low-Level King Soul Stage.

Davis maintained his breath as he adjusted his Soul Forging Cultivation to radiate Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage undulations. However, it was still seamless and concealed enough that Karlheinz Strom was unable to sense the soul force undulations, at least until he decided to actively scan Davis using one of his energies.

"Say, are the wicked path people more prominent in this Territory?" Davis asked in curiosity.

"Of course not..." Karlheinz Strom shook his head, "However, they are the most prominent in the surrounding southern Territories."

"The south of our Territory is the Soul Palace Territory. To the east of the Soul Palace Territory is where the two most notorious wicked path hegemonies exist, the Blood Reaper Underworld and the Infernal Lightning Palace. Moreover, the Poison Rift Valley exists to the south of the Soul Palace and the Blood Reaper Underworld. They all possess an equal amount of strength even though the Poison Rift Valley is situated in a small-sized Territory."

Davis nodded his head in understanding.

The Golden Dragon Valley Territory was also a small-sized Territory, but that didn't mean its resources were small because the number of resources in a Territory was determined by the amount plundered and established. Whether it is small or mid-sized was determined by the area of land the Territory occupied while divided by the fog barrier that is separating the Territories from each other.

"They come from these Territories to sometimes provoke us, head to the Dual Lotus Manor to engage in carnal pleasures or simply head to other places to wreak havoc and practice their unorthodox and cruel techniques. Occasionally, they even erase an entire city off the Territory map while the same can be said about towns, except in more frequency. Therefore, there is a Grand Elder posted in our South Territory Gate, the one that leads to the Soul Palace."

"A Grand Elder in the Burning Phoenix Ridge should be at least a Low-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouse..." Davis loudly mused as he nodded his head as if displaying his approval.

"That's right. Our Grand Elders are positioned to showcase that the Territory we rule and the people living in the Territory are of paramount importance to us! For a wicked path power to openly enter and slip past us through the South Territory Gate, they at least need a Ninth Stage Powerhouse of equal prowess."

Karlheinz Strom's hands excitedly shook.

"Otherwise, they're just fish on a chopping board!"

"Truly magnificent..." Davis commented, but inwardly, he was thinking about something else.

'Soul Palace...'

He narrowed his eyes as he recalled.

The Soul Palace was extremely reputable for their Soul Emperors, so he knew a bit about them after reading the Alstreim Family Library records. It is said that four out of the nine Soul Emperors present in the Fifty-Two Territories belonged to them, but it is also said that one of the four had fallen into the wicked path long ago. Therefore, that Soul Emperor was exiled as well as pursued with the intent of execution.

Other than the Soul Palace, he had beef with another power, and that was the Infernal Lightning Palace. As long as he belonged to the Alstreim Family, he had the responsibility of making them know their place for trampling on their Territory, right?

Davis imperceptibly smiled in anticipation to the day the Infernal Lightning Palace would come to provoke him, but he hoped that it would be more than a decade later as he was still growing.

At this moment, they neared the Crimson Ridge Gate and passed through it.

Davis and Karlheinz Strom were engaged in a conversation when Davis suddenly felt a soul force probe him. He reacted to it as he looked in a direction, his gaze seemingly passing through the walls of the flying abode and a few other walls before landing on a certain person wearing deeply fiery crimson robes, invoking a sense of majesticness within the spectators' hearts.

It was a middle-aged man with long crimson hair. He appeared to genially smile at him.

"Don't make a fuss in my sect. As long as fellow soul cultivator acts within the limit and not cross our bottom line, you will remain as our guest..."

A soul transmission fell on his ears, resounding in a gentle and friendly tone.

"Haha, did Grand Elder Newgate say anything to you, Feng?" Karlheinz Strom chuckled, seemingly aware that Davis would be warned.

Davis wryly nodded his head, "Apparently, I must act within my limits. Otherwise... hehe..."

"Right... Pardon our rudeness, but as our ancestors say, prevention is better than cure..." Karlheinz Strom chuckled in amusement.

"Hahaha."

While Davis also laughed along with Karlheinz Strom, yet he inwardly became truly relieved that this Grand Elder Newgate didn't find his King Soul Stage Cultivation. After all, the soul sense that scanned him was actually at the Low-Level King Soul Stage!

Fortunately, Davis had adjusted his cultivation while his true prowess was already near the Peak-Level King Soul Stage. Otherwise, the matter of displaying the simulated cultivation would've been found out because a bigger bird would've definitely noticed the discrepancy.

When they entered the Burning Phoenix Ridge, Davis felt like he had entered a new world as the entire region was full of floating abodes and sky palaces, each seemed to be present in four different colors, perhaps representing the status of the people living in it.

He discussed with Karlheinz Strom before they made it to a crimson palace which Karlheinz Strom seemed to own all to himself!

It was over a hundred meters tall and a quarter of that wide, seemingly floating in grandness, but it was actually dwarfed by other similar crimson palaces.

They both walked towards a huge hall that seemed similar to a throne hall, but when Davis saw the numerous disciples standing there, he recognized that this was a place for learning and teaching, imparting knowledge about cultivation to the disciples.

"Disciples, this fellow cultivator named Feng is my guest. He helped me kill an unknown corpse cultivator who is at the Peak-Level of Law Sea Stage by slapping him once before crushing his Mature Soul Stage Soul. He is probably a Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage Cultivator, so see to it that he is respected and welcomed while I go report my mission to the Elder Hall."

"Yes, elder!"

The disciples seemingly all bowed their heads as Karlheinz Strom left the crimson palace while showing a wry smile to Davis.

Davis was rather amused to see Karlheinz Strom leave him here.

Was Karlheinz Strom that confident that he wouldn't make a ruckus like perhaps kill the disciples or take control over their souls?

Nevertheless, he looked at these twenty disciples who looked at him with a hungry light in their eyes. He felt a headache coming, and indeed, as soon as Karlheinz Strom left them, the disciples pounced towards him with excitement filling their eyes.

"What's your age?"

"Damn! Elder really killed a Peak-Level Mature Soul Stage Cultivator with a single slap!?"

"Can you enslave people easily?"

"Is it possible to do 'that' with souls? I keep hearing rumors that it is possible!"

"Soul Elder Feng, can I know what's your intent in coming to our sect?"

"You look quite handsome. Are you married?"

"..."

Davis blinked and chose to answer that one proper and valid question. He looked at the male youth who asked for his intent and replied.

"Well, I'm here to see the beauties of the Burning Phoenix Ridge..."

"Oh, you mean me?" One of the six female disciples pointed at herself.

"No, junior sister. He meant me..." Another female disciple pointed at herself before she raised her head in a proud manner.

"Oh, shut up, you two..." A third junior sister giggled as she shook her head, "We all know that elder meant senior sister Shirley and senior sister Verona. Why bother putting up pretenses?"

Davis's eyes inwardly flashed as he waited for this sentence. He had said beauties because Shirley was undoubtedly a beauty who could rival Isabella. If her bosoms were a bit bigger, pertaining to his fantasies, she would be on the same beauty tier as Isabella in his mind.

"Oh! You are all beautiful as well, but I also want to see these two dazzling beauties of the Burning Phoenix Ridge. Where can I see them, or wait, do I even have the chance to see them?"

Davis appeared excited that he almost disgusted a few female disciples if it weren't for his handsome face. Fortunately, he hadn't forgotten to compliment them, so like teenagers, they all seemed eager to answer when a male youth spoke up as if he was going to interrupt.

"Elder cannot see them as they are top disciples."

He paused amidst the silence before his lips moved again.

"Perhaps, with Elder Karlheinz Strom's help, elder would be able to receive a permit, but I doubt that it would be cleared by the other Elders, not to mention that their superior bloodlines are a far cry from what we possess, a few drops of extremely diluted blood essence. Therefore, no matter what you might say, it is extremely unlikely that elder will be allowed to meet them."

Davis frowned, "Is there-"

"However," The male youth had his lips curve into a smarty-pants smile, "You can see them in the Grand Burning Phoenix Top Disciple Battles that are going to commence in two days!"