when he arrived in the 3rd Sanctuary. Han Sen changed his name to San Mu, and his Black Crystal evolved after absorbing genes from a sword tree.
Over the past few days, Han Sen was able to obtain some information about the area he had ended up in from Chu Ming and Qu Lanxi.
The area belonged to Thorn Shelter. It was a royal shelter, and its namesake was derived from the nearby woodland: Thorn Forest.
Han Sen had ended up at the edge of Thorn Forest, near a Knight-class shelter called Qing Ming Shelter.
They were the only humans at Qing Ming Shelter. Qu Lanxi had been living there for eight years, whereas Chu Ming had been there for six years. They belonged to Qing Ming Shelter. The Knight-class spirit, Qing Ming Knight, made them sign a contract. Then, they became members of the shelter, and the shelter's master offered them a chance to survive by working for him.
Humans were the peasants of this land, treated like thralls, and treated even more poorly than creatures. After all, humans who ascended to this sanctuary would generally start off weaker than the lowliest of creatures.
Han Sen also used this alias in the Genoverse when he disguised as Xie Qing King's bodyguard in Space Garden.