Chapter 2: Identity Card

In front of the Huoxia Merchant Alliance in Hai Lan City, one of Qu Yi’s avatars, Huo Zun, had already arrived at the entrance.
Huo Zun had mastered the primal power of fire—the power of heat—and his cultivation level had reached that of a Human Immortal. Thus, he was eligible to apply for a cultivation assessment and obtain an identity card.
Among the various planets in the Immortal Realm, there were also cultivators at levels ranging from the Qi Attraction Stage to the Great Vehicle Stage, but they were not eligible to apply for identity cards. Only those with a cultivation level of Human Immortal or above could do so.
Smiling, Huo Zun entered the Huoxia Merchant Alliance and arrived in a reception hall that was a hundred meters wide. At a glance, he could see a constant stream of people coming in and out, making the place very bustling.
Inside the hall, there were four arched jade pillars, each displaying bright red characters: Trade Pavilion, Auction Pavilion, Mission Pavilion, and Mixed Pavilion. These indicated the functions of the entrances behind the pillars.
The Trade Pavilion was where cultivators traded materials. Since all transactions here were guaranteed by the Huoxia Merchant Alliance, a commission would naturally be taken from them.
The Auction Pavilion was where the Huoxia Merchant Alliance held auctions. There was usually a small auction once a month, a large-scale auction once a year, and a planetary-scale auction every ten years. Many items needed by cultivators could be auctioned there.
The Mission Pavilion was where the Huoxia Merchant Alliance accepted clients’ requests, issued missions for cultivator teams to complete, and paid commissions to those teams that finished the missions. The alliance also received a brokerage fee. Sometimes, the alliance would issue its own missions, usually with much higher commissions.
The Mixed Pavilion was a combined area for handling various affairs, including cultivation assessments and the issuance of identity cards.
After learning about the situation in the Mixed Pavilion, Huo Zun immediately went to the Mission Pavilion and entered a tall room. Inside, there was only one lazy middle-aged man, who was leaning back in his seat, sipping from a wine gourd in small mouthfuls, with his feet resting on the jade platform in front of him—far from the image of someone working there.
However, at that moment, Huo Zun heard the transmission from the Immortal Consciousness of the Artifact God.
“Huo Zun, this guy is also a Human Immortal, but he has already reached the level of Human Soul Immortal,” the Artifact God said indifferently.
In fact, Human Immortals were also divided into two levels: Human Soul Immortal and Human Spirit Immortal.
Those who mastered one primal power became Human Soul Immortals. Those who mastered all primal powers and also understood the principles behind them became Human Spirit Immortals.
The ten upper-worlders who had once pursued Qu Yi, such as Zong Xi and Feng Qu, were at the level of Human Spirit Immortals.

After hearing the message from the God of Vessels, Fire Lord adjusted his attitude, walked straight up to the jade platform, and said with a smile, “Fellow cultivator, I’m here to assess your cultivation level.”
The man glanced at Fire Lord, then raised his wine gourd again and took a small sip of the fine wine before turning to Qu Yi.
“Unleash your domain,” the man said indifferently, as usual.
When the power of the origin is unleashed, it draws in the surrounding origin energy, creating a special energy field—this is a domain. Thus, once a domain is unleashed, it means one has grasped the power of the origin, indicating they have reached the level of a Human Immortal.
Fire Lord smiled faintly, then drew a circle in the air with his right hand. Suddenly, heat burst forth from the circle, yet there were no signs of burning around it.
This was Fire Lord’s Fire Domain, created through his heat energy.
After observing the entire process, the man still looked at Fire Lord indifferently before taking out a rectangular card about three fingers wide from a drawer beneath the jade platform.
The card was entirely red, as if containing a long-dormant volcano, emitting a powerful heat.
“This is an identity blank card. Go to the Identity Application Pavilion, and you can use this blank card to create your identity card,” the man said, tossing the card before raising his head to drink more wine.
Fire Lord took the blank identity card, glanced at the man, and left without further words.
“This man might be frustrated or unable to make progress in his cultivation, which is why he’s just drifting around in the Fire Glow Merchant Alliance,” Fire Lord thought to himself before heading to the Identity Application Pavilion.
After submitting the blank identity card, a beautiful woman with a Human Soul Immortal appearance glanced at Fire Lord and said with a gentle smile, “Fellow cultivator, project your immortal consciousness onto the blank card, and our Fire Glow Merchant Alliance can create your identity card.”
Immortal consciousness represented the cultivator’s soul fluctuations, which were unique, ensuring the uniqueness of the identity card.
Soon, the beautiful woman placed the blank card onto a disc that emitted dazzling, colorful light, then looked at Fire Lord, signaling that he could project his immortal consciousness onto the card.
Fire Lord smiled and immediately projected his immortal consciousness onto the card.
The colorful light on the disc vanished suddenly.
The beautiful woman took out the identity card and said with a gentle smile, “Fellow cultivator, your identity card is ready.”
Fire Lord quickly took the identity card and asked, “What about the Origin Stone?”

The beautiful woman nodded gently and replied with a faint smile, “Yes, you can now use your identity card to access the Origin Stones. Our Fire Glow Merchant Alliance also has a bank where you can store the Origin Stones you possess, and the bank will transfer the corresponding points to your identity card.”

Huo Zun confirmed this by recalling the memories in the souls of the ten people from the upper realm—this identity card indeed could be used to store wealth. He then thanked her and headed to the Fire Glow Bank within the merchant alliance.

The Fire Glow Bank was located on the second floor of the Fire Glow Merchant Alliance. There, there were ten parallel counters, each over a kilometer long, with two hundred cultivators at each counter busy with their tasks. Of course, many cultivators above the Human Immortal level were also storing and retrieving Origin Stones there.

In the Immortal Realm, there were five types of Origin Stones: those related to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each type had the same value and could be exchanged for one another. At the Fire Glow Bank, one Origin Stone could be exchanged for one point, and the total number of points could be stored in the identity card.

The Fire Glow Bank had at least one branch on every planet in the Immortal Realm. Cultivators could retrieve Origin Stones from any branch using their identity cards. The bank would deduct a certain percentage of the Origin Stones as a storage fee.

Of course, the points obtained from storing Origin Stones at the Fire Glow Bank could not be used to retrieve Origin Stones from other banks.

Huo Zun approached one of the counters, where a graceful and serene young girl was sitting. When she saw him coming, she smiled and asked, “Sir, would you like to store or retrieve something?”

Qu Yi took out the identity card he had just received and also a space ring, handing them both to the girl. With a smile, he said, “All the Origin Stones are in the space ring. Please help me store them.”

Huo Zun had already removed the soul imprint from the space ring. The girl’s spiritual sense immediately entered the space ring, and she was surprised to see the cherry-sized opening, her eyes flashing repeatedly. Inside the space ring were no less than hundred thousand Origin Stones of all five elements.

Seeing the girl’s astonished expression, Huo Zun couldn’t help but smile. “I can keep creating Origin Stones as needed.”

Qu Yi’s true body was a Chaos Body, and it was extremely special—capable of absorbing spiritual energy and instantly transforming the soul into primordial energy. Primordial Stones, on the other hand, were ordinary minerals that contained a certain amount of primordial energy, which is what made them Primordial Stones. Thus, if Qu Yi wished, he could feed the Primordial Stones continuously produced within his body into these stones, turning them all into Primordial Stones.

The 100,000 Primordial Stones in his space ring were created by Qu Yi in his spare time while wandering around the cultivation world.

“Fellow cultivator, please store the Primordial Stones for me quickly,” Qu Yi said, deliberately urging her as he saw the girl still standing there in shock.

“Oh, oh…” The girl became flustered with embarrassment and took some time before calming down.

Soon, she scanned the Primordial Stones in her space ring with her spiritual sense and counted them.

102,987!

In other words, Qu Yi now had 102,987 points on his identity card.

“Customer, your identity card now has 102,987 extra points. Please check it,” the girl said as she handed the space ring and identity card to Fire Lord.

Fire Lord used his divine sense to scan the identity card and indeed found a line of text inside—102,987.

“Thank you,” Fire Lord said with a faint smile before standing up and leaving.

Seeing Fire Lord leave immediately, the girl bit her thin lips and muttered, “What a strange person.”

Having 102,987 Primordial Stones at the Human-Immortal level was quite rare among all Human-Immortals in the entire immortal realm.

Fire Lord paid no mind to the girl’s opinion. He had already left the entrance of the Fire Glow Merchant Alliance and was planning to explore various places in Sea Blue City.

Suddenly, several galloping carriages appeared on the street, with people inside shouting strangely.

“The Tongzhou Hall is recruiting disciples!”
“The Chen Dan Pavilion is recruiting disciples!”
“The Zhu family is recruiting outer-family disciples!”

The three major forces of Zhu Yanxing were all recruiting new members in Sea Blue City at the same time.

Hearing this, Fire Lord stopped for a moment, thought about it, then smiled.

“As one wishes, so it happens. I’ll go sign up then,” he murmured to himself.

Qu Yi had originally planned to join a cultivation faction, then find a way to enter Fire Glow Star, and seize the opportunity to deal with Huang Xu—thus fulfilling his promise to Emperor Hao. Now, with these three forces of Zhu Yanxing recruiting new members, it undoubtedly presented an opportunity.

Fire Venerable immediately stopped a carriage on the street and urged the coachman to hurry to the place where the three factions were recruiting new members.