This story is set in a continent named “Turan”. Several hundred years ago, in the abyss of the marsh in the middle of the continent, a strange tree grew. It was able to give off devil qi that eroded the soul. It then turned people into its apostles, urging them to slaughter and cause disasters. Like that, it could absorb the spirits and release darkness.

The people of Turan thus started to call it “Devil’s Tree”.

The only thing that could control devil qi was the power of faith. The power of faith was not only to religion or God, it included love, affection, friendship, money, authority, and so on.

The main usage of the power of faith is amplification, the firmer one’s faith is, the higher the amplification of their power. With different attributes, the way it is exhibited are also all different. For example, a person whose faith is in battle and a person whose faith is in power, their faiths are not very different from each other, but the direction they go at it is an entirely different way. The former might become a strong fighter while the latter might become a politician.

What was the same was that as long as one’s faith is strong enough, it can resist against the erosion of the devil qi.

But people’s heart are complicated, everyone has their own dark side. The moment darkness forms in one’s heart, it would start to draw in devil qi. Small amounts of devil qi can be dispelled by willpower and faith, but for those whose hearts are not strong or have schemes, devil qi makes them weaker and corrupted. After that, they will gradually be reduced to being apostles for the Devil’s Tree.

After they become apostles, the Devil’s Tree will become their faith. They would be able to obtain the dark power from the Devil’s Tree and become one side.

There are usually three stages to the devil qi invading the body.

Initial stage invaded would make the person subconsciously fight the devil qi, which leads into a power conflict. They would feel a lot of pain, then become crazy. This kind of invasion can be quickly noticed, as long as they are treated in time, they can still return to normal.

Middle stage invaded happens usually on those who either have evil schemes or are very weak, they very easily surrender to the devil qi’s induction, then become a slave to the Devil’s Tree. a small number of the stronger ones can become low ranking apostles. They are able to hide the devil qi within their bodies and are no different from everyday people, but as long as they meet someone with great faith, then they would have a hard time controlling themselves and want to attack.

Completely invaded people are known as “King Level Apostles”. They are the Devil’s Tree’s faithful believer, they can obtain large amounts of power from the Devil’s Tree. Some of them hide by the common people, some like to come and go alone. Some like to massacre unscrupulous, some are adept as inciting disharmony.

They have an extremely strong intimation ability toward low ranking apostles, they are also able to easily find them in the crowd. If they themselves do not want to be found, other low ranking apostles would be unable to find them.

The people of the Turan Continent do not know how to seal the Devil’s Tree yet. They have to gather at least seven types of righteous faith energy, then with the help of a magic crystal, seal the Devil’s Tree. The stronger the power of faith, the more types there are, the greater the chance the seal will succeed.

Although the magic crystal was precious, it was not really a rare thing. The truly difficult part would be getting through that wall of devil qi and approach the Devil’s Tree.

This was a hellish trip that tested one’s willpower and faith, those who do not have a firm nature are unable to embark the journey. Once a hole appears in one’s heart, then you will be poisoned by the Devil’s Tree, lose yourself and even turn back to attack your own companions.