In the far west, many nations stood side by side.
East of the far west, beyond vast stretches of desert, it was said there lay an incomparably prosperous mortal nation known as Great Qian!
Great Qian's territory was immensely vast. Even a single province within it might be larger than the Forest Kingdom and Martial Kingdom combined!
The cultivation world there was even more flourishing. One could even find Nascent Soul patriarchs above Core Formation, and perhaps even the legendary Spirit Transformation cultivators!
That was right!
After reaching Foundation Establishment, Aaron had finally learned the realm beyond Nascent Soul: Spirit Transformation!
And Spirit Transformation cultivators seemed to stand at the pinnacle of this world.
"An invasion? Hehe... how could a wealthy man possibly take an interest in a beggar?" Aaron chuckled. "It is probably just some sect—a loser in Great Qian's cultivation-world struggles—that had no choice but to shift its power westward... Then, like a fierce tiger, it seized territory and drove off the hungry wolf that is the Vast Righteous Sect. Unable to defeat the tiger, the hungry wolf could only continue west and snatch the territory of the village dog..."
"If the Black Blood Sect is the village dog, then what are our Three Mountains Association and the Azure Cauldron Sect? Rabbits and pheasants?" Shen Qingchen pressed her lips together in a smile at the analogy, radiant as a hundred flowers in bloom.
"Not quite. At the very least, we can count as horned deer... The Foundation Establishment families and small sects without Core Formation protection that come next are the pheasants and wild rabbits... And the insects and wild grass they eat are Rogue Cultivators!"
Aaron voiced his insight.
That atmosphere of the strong devouring the weak instantly wiped the smile from Shen Qingchen's face.
"Now a