Return to Battle Through the Heavens, Storms Gathering

Qingshan City had originally been a small town of the Gamma Empire. Because it lay close to the Monster Beast Mountain Range, its scale had already reached the standard of a small city. Countless mercenaries were stationed here, entering and leaving the Monster Beast Mountain Range every day as they lived dangerously.

Ever since the Snake People Clan of the Tagor Desert had migrated en masse to settle in a cool area of the Monster Beast Mountain Range, relations between humans and the Snake People Clan had greatly improved. The two races, once locked in a life-and-death struggle, had miraculously integrated. From then on, love stories between humans and Snake People occasionally unfolded in Qingshan Town.

Afterward, the Queen of the Snake People Clan and the Sovereign of the Huaxia Empire publicly set aside their differences and allowed the two races to freely intermarry and trade. In just five short years, Qingshan Town's population rapidly swelled. Some members of the Snake People Clan even left the Monster Forest and moved into Qingshan Town.

Thus, the former town developed into a great city named Qingshan City.

Since it was near the Monster Forest, even though they had cast aside their old grievances with the Snake People Clan, the city walls still needed defensive fortifications. The towering walls that had originally been built only from granite had now been upgraded with black stone capable of deflecting a certain degree of attacks.

"Damn it, how did those remnants of the Soul Clan get into the western region of our empire? This is only the northwest. Why don't they attack the Central Region? That's where the backbone of our empire is! What kind of heroes are they, picking on weaklings like us?"

"Exactly! Why hasn't the Huaxia Empire's royal family sent powerful experts to