Published: March 8, 2025
Chapter 16: Chu Yang's Plan
The situation in the Upper Three Heavens is complicated. The Chu Family occupies a corner, and there are continuous battles both openly and secretly.
Currently, the power of the Chu Family is basically in the hands of the patriarch, with the higher-level experts primarily being the previous generation's experts, who are often in secluded cultivation.
The other two major families in Ping Sha Ridge, the Bao Family and the Liao Family, though slightly weaker than the Chu Family, are not far behind. Both families possess extraordinary strength, and there are daily small frictions and minor conflicts.
Ping Sha Ridge, along with the entire Southeast after leaving it, belongs to the territory of the Xiao Family, one of the nine great sovereign families. Talented individuals and strange figures emerge endlessly, and numerous factions stand tall. In the ruthless survival of the fittest, they compete for opportunities to survive!
“East is a leaf, Southeast is a Xiao; the West is deep with waves a thousand miles!” refers to the Ye Family, Xiao Family, and Chen Family.
“Northwest is a shocking stone, Southwest the proud Ling Family, and in the South, the fragrant Lan Xiang floats!” refers to the Stone Family, Ling Family, and Lan Family.
“Northern Heaven's sword is sharp, due South is Zhuge's boldness, reigning center is the high night!” refers to the Li Family, Zhuge Family, and Ye Family!
This is the realm of the three heavens and the nine great sovereign families!
Each of the nine great families dominates its own territory.
In the last few thousand years, there have been families emerging, revealing themselves, vying for power and profits, seizing territory, or simply disregarding the control of the nine noble families, with some even aspiring to replace them.
These families have all been wiped out without exception. However, it can also be seen that the control of the nine families over the Upper Three Heavens is no longer as strong as it once was.
The Upper Three Heavens, developed over thousands of years, are not solely populated by cultivators; there are far more ordinary people.
Thus, daily necessities can still be solved with gold and silver! But once it involves family transactions, it becomes a different situation.
In the cultivator community, one must use spiritual energy as a medium and crystals as currency to buy or exchange for items they desire.
Crystals are not just currency; they are also a source of spiritual energy for cultivation!
Amethyst, Ink Crystal, Red Crystal, Blue Crystal, White Crystal.
One Amethyst equals ten Ink Crystals, one Ink Crystal equals ten Red Crystals, and so on.
One publicly circulated Amethyst is equivalent to ten thousand White Crystals!
Such is the ratio.
Chu King of Hell feels himself to be utterly destitute; he has never felt so poor before!
After accepting the White Crystal Mine from Young Master Wei, besides absorbing some, he has stored seven or eight thousand pieces in his nine calamity space. He thought this would be a huge fortune, yet he found out it couldn’t even be exchanged for a single Amethyst?
As for the mountains of gold and silver still piling up in his space...
Chu King of Hell sighed. He would just donate those to the family in a few days. Let the family manage it and use it for ordinary transactions. He really had no need for it...
Damn it, after half a lifetime, everyone in the Lower Three Heavens either feared or admired him. In the Middle Three Heavens, he could also command respect, but now that he's arrived in the Upper Three Heavens, he has become a small fry, and a poor small fry at that!
In his past life, although Chu Yang reached the Upper Three Heavens, he was merely a minor martial sovereign, taking a huge risk to finally find a little-known channel to rush towards the Wind Thunder Platform.
Along the way, he faced hardships and narrowly avoided danger, only to arrive and be immediately crushed by Mo Tianji and his men.
He knew nothing about the Upper Three Heavens.