"So it really is an Outer Dao attack!"
After shutting down the communication array, Li Chen slowly settled into his Mechanized Flying Chair, his expression grave.
Golden Light City, Pagoda City, and Thousand Pearl City were all comparable to War Fortresses. Each had at least three Puppet Master Grandmasters stationed within it, and sometimes even a Grandmaster-level Great Power like Great Elder Shen, the Sky-Reaching Divine Dragon, stood guard.
They represented the Creation Sect's mobile forces and served as command centers in this war, sturdy fortresses sheltering fellow cultivators of the middle and lower ranks.
The true pillars holding up the sky, however, were still the sects and powerful aristocratic clans scattered throughout the various territories, along with the Territorial Lords and the Master Artisans and Grand Artisans of the spirit peaks and blessed lands.
The effects of the Golden Sun Gate's past policy of granting territorial authority were beginning to show.
Li Chen could be counted among the new powers it had cultivated, but he had also earned his Grand Artisan title through examination, and Broad Cloud Peak had advanced to a mid-tier blessed land. He had already become a regional power of considerable weight.
There was no need to ask. A territory like Guangyun was certainly on the radar of both the Creation Sect's higher-ups and the enemy's Outer Dao Great Powers. Once war broke out, it was highly likely to become a frontline battlefield.
Li Chen's Grand Artisan title already gave him the right to trade in various rare resources and forbidden knowledge. But the arrival of the three Sky Cities, bringing vast stocks of goods, was the truly golden opportunity to stockpile supplies against unforeseen needs.
As for the other factions, which rarely had such opportunities and had only managed to obtain trading privileges thanks to