Advantage of Terrain and People, Heaven and Earth Wisdom

Li Qing looked over the contents, a trace of gravity flickering in his eyes.

"The Novelist Academy has prepared for so long. It won't be easy to poach from them."

"Peerless strategist Sun Qiankun—let me see what kind of person you really are."

A Shadow Paper Doll silently appeared, carrying a Universe Bag as it slipped into Coiling Dragon City through the shadows.

It carefully avoided the cultivators at the city gate, who were holding Shadow-Reflecting Mirrors and shining them around everywhere.

Coiling Dragon City was exceedingly prosperous, and everyone here looked brimming with vigor.

Clearly, the frequent appearance of Anomalies had not stirred up much trouble here.

The Shadow Paper Doll quietly moved through the city, where cultivators could be spotted from time to time.

Li Qing keenly noticed that there were quite a number of cultivators throughout the city. They worked in all manner of trades and lived just like ordinary people.

Though most were merely Foundation Establishment cultivators at the lowest level, there were at least ten thousand of them.

This was an immensely terrifying force. Once unleashed, it would shake heaven and earth.

At this moment, the Shadow Paper Doll had arrived at Sun Qiankun's home—a plain courtyard house that showed nothing remarkable on the surface.

Yet cultivators were clearly guarding the courtyard. There were three True Method Realm cultivators.

Li Qing's eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression grew solemn.

"So many guards. It seems this man is highly valued."

The Shadow Paper Doll silently slipped inside. Cultivators of the True Method Realm were still unable to detect it.

In the study, Sun Qiankun was reviewing several documents. Before him lay a map—one depicting the entire Nine Provinces.

The map was densely covered in different tiny models. Some were cities, some seemed to represent soldiers, and