The Plane Navel of Rongyue World—Nine Abyss Mountain.
This was the birthplace of Rongyue World's races and civilization.
Countless gray-white mountains stood clustered together here.
Though this region appeared to hold little greenery or life, it had nurtured the ancestors of nearly all Homeland Beings in Rongyue World.
The Little Grass flourishing from the crevices atop lofty mountains and sheer cliffs represented the unyielding resilience of Rongyue World's creatures.
The rivers surging through the gaps between those mountains represented the bold, sweeping spirit of this world's creatures, as though they could swallow the wilderness whole.
This was a Mid-Level World civilization incomparably attuned to nature, following the primal laws of survival.
But ever since the iron hooves of the Tianming Empire's great army had descended here, everything had changed.
Nine Abyss Summit.
Guardian White Horse Ronglu gazed at the azure sky, its expression heavy with melancholy.
As a Level-5 Creature that had mastered the origin of Plant Element laws and possessed exceptionally abundant vitality within its body, White Horse Ronglu still bore an extremely conspicuous circular scar on its lower back.
It was an injury inflicted by the strongest expert of that Tianming Empire legion.
A single strike had grievously wounded White Horse Ronglu.
In that instant, it had even caught the scent of death.
But that Tianming Empire expert apparently had not intended to kill White Horse Ronglu, so it had escaped back here.
It had remained near the Plane Navel ever since, trembling with fear.
With the Tianming Empire's strength, they could easily have flattened Nine Abyss Mountain.
Yet they had not done so, instead focusing solely on King of Shanyue and the Rongdi Earth Hou, who were still resisting.
Just as Gongsun Wudi had told Saine, destruction was not the goal. Profit was.
A ruined Rongyue World