Wild Breakthrough

The first rays of eastern sunlight fell upon the Black Pine Forest of Black Dragon Mountain, but the hundred-meter-tall black pines stubbornly barred every thread of light from entering, leaving the forest steeped in deep darkness as though it were still night. In a small hollow amid the mountains, a compact teleportation array stood encircled by a cluster of enormous black pines. Behind those pines, which would have taken ten men to embrace, stood several small wooden cabins.

Thirty-six eunuchs sat expressionlessly inside the cabins, motionless as zombies. Unless there was some disturbance from the teleportation array or a summons from Tranquil Mind Nunnery, they would not leave this place by even half a step.

The thirty-six eunuchs were divided into six groups of six. Even seated on their stools, they formed a formation containing boundless mysteries. Unlike the magic arrays of the Western Continent, this formation had been compiled by great sages of the East from ancient texts handed down since primordial times. Each individual and each group corresponded respectively to the six stars known in the heavens as the Southern Dipper. Following the shifting paths of those stars, the formation they created could unleash power ten times greater than their own.

In the night sky of the present age, the heavens were blanketed by countless stars, and the naked eye could no longer make out what the six Southern Dipper stars of ancient legend looked like. Yet these eunuchs could sense the stars' existence. As they sat here, they naturally felt a miraculous power flowing slowly yet steadfastly into their bodies, gradually making them stronger.

The eunuchs stationed at Tranquil Mind Nunnery were replaced once every ten years. Though the post was dull and flavorless, it was a coveted assignment in the imperial court of the Blood Qin