Shaoshi Mountain's King Zhenbei of Wenliang

Shaoshi Mountain.

Located in Wenliang Kingdom, it was where Fuyao Palace's mountain gate stood.

Wenliang lay east of Zhaoqin. On the map of the Kyushu Continent, its geographical position was also in the east.

In terms of overall national strength, Wenliang, as a Millennial Divine Dynasty whose imperial family had not been tainted by the Bloodline Curse, was stronger than the combined might of Xiongchu, Wu Zhou, and Qi Yan. It had a Mahayana Stage cultivator holding down the fort.

By rights, Wenliang's foundations were extraordinary. It could have been like Xuanlong and firmly held the leading position among the regional powers.

Unfortunately, it was too close to Zhaoqin.

Because its overall national strength was behind Zhaoqin by a tiny little bit of a hundred million points, the two nations maintained cordial relations. Wenliang called Zhaoqin Big Brother, while Zhaoqin called Wenliang "you brat"—a perfect template of Brotherly Love and Respect.

To show its respect for Big Brother, Wenliang not only followed Zhaoqin's lead at the Holy Land conferences, but also cleared out a friendly buffer of minor states to avoid direct border contact between the two nations.

Historically, the two nations had also had no shortage of intermarriages. Aside from the excellent relations between their imperial families, the Mahayana Stage cultivators within Wenliang were often invited by Zhaoqin to dinner.

For example, Yan Xiaoshuang received invitations from Zhaoqin's imperial family every century, inviting her to Zhaoqin to lecture. Everyone would comprehend together and learn from one another.

Zhaoqin's investment had been worthwhile. During this internal turmoil, all of Wenliang's Mahayana Stage cultivators entered seclusion, and none dared recklessly meddle.

At first, Yan Xiaoshuang had done the same, entering death seclusion without emerging. That was until Kan Mengfei of her sect was tempted by Xuanwu and rashly stepped into the