Night.
Pitch-black.
The wind stilled, and the clouds stopped.
Moonlight was hidden behind the clouds, shrouding the world in darkness. Only the lights mankind kindled could offer a trace of comfort in the dark.
Deep in the mountains.
The Haotian Sect's base, Haotian City.
This was a mountain city the Haotian Sect Soul Masters had built over ten thousand years. Because of its location, the city's scale and prosperity naturally fell far short of the great cities outside.
But everyone living in Haotian City was a Soul Master. There was not a single ordinary person here, and there was more than one expert at the Titled Douluo level.
In truth, within the Haotian Sect's territory, there were mainly three important places.
The first was the town outside the mountain range, named Blue Silver Town. According to rumors, it had developed from the small village left outside when the Haotian Sect sealed its mountain ten thousand years ago. Now it had become a supply point along a traffic route, as well as the place where the Haotian Sect obtained resources and intelligence.
The reason it was named Blue Silver Town was probably because Blue Silver Grass came first and the Clear Sky Hammer came after—"the hammer must be used to protect the grass," perhaps.
The second was Haotian City within the mountains. It counted as the Haotian Sect's hinterland, home to the Soul Masters belonging to the Haotian Sect, and it was where the Haotian Sect's foundation lay.
The third was Haotian Fortress atop the mountain peak. That was the true Core Region of the Haotian Sect, holding the Haotian Sect's complete inheritance.
Though outsiders rarely came to Haotian City, people still patrolled every night.
And the patrol teams were even made up of Soul Saint-level experts.
This was the Haotian