Winning Every Step

Early spring in the Imperial Court still carried a trace of biting chill, yet the Immortal Trees by the roadside had already donned their tender green finery. Though the descent of the immortals had long since caused an uproar, the people of the Seventh Immortal Realm still flourished like weeds beneath a blanket of ice and snow.

Zuo Songyan led Yuanshuo's Spirit Scholars and immortals in breaking through the western frontier of the Imperial Court, opening the seals along the way and leaving behind two troop transport routes.

No sooner had the roads been opened than Candle Dragon Carriages came rolling in, with heavenly ships hanging overhead. Great numbers of Yuanshuo Spirit Scholars descended from the ships and carriages, selecting Immortal Mountains and blessed lands. Most were Spirit Scholars who cultivated the arts of construction and civil engineering.

Zuo Songyan and the immortals and Spirit Scholars under his command stood to one side, watching these newly arrived Yuanshuo Spirit Scholars come to Old God Cangwu and build cities according to the terrain of the Immortal Mountains and blessed lands.

Old God Cangwu Holy King had been ordered by Su Yun to guard this place. A precious parasol tree stood atop his head, phoenixes soaring among its branches.

Cangwu looked down and saw many Spirit Scholars cultivating the path of forging raising enormous immortal furnaces, each packed full of calamity ash.

Phoenixes flew over and poured firepower into the immortal furnaces, igniting the calamity ash.

As long as it was not ignited with calamity fire, the calamity ash would not produce calamity fire. This wondrous fuel could be used to refine Immortal Weapons.

Flames instantly shot into the sky as the Spirit Scholars began smelting ores and forging construction components.

The path of construction had been developed and glorified by Lou