Xia Lands, Yang Province.
This province lay in the central region of what had once been Sindhu. Its vast territory spanned north and south, covering nearly more than half the former Li Kingdom, yet it had only two commanderies.
To the south lay [Dry Commandery], where the Bright Injured Palace had been established; to the north lay [Night Prefecture], where Unclarity Mountain stood.
Unclarity Mountain.
The mountain towered majestically into the clouds. Its summit rose high into the sky, touching a glittering comet, while surging baleful qi coursed through the earth veins within it.
Within the mountain lay a battlefield cast from red gold and mottled with bloodstains. It had been constructed using the methods for establishing secret realms, making its interior boundlessly vast and so firm and stable that even a Great True Person could scarcely shake it.
[Bloodhead Grounds]
Too many monsters had gathered here. Their auras mingled and condensed into clouds, accompanied by strange, rank odors of musk and blood. A Foundation Establishment cultivator who came here would likely be knocked unconscious by the stench alone.
Lesser monsters shrank their bodies and crowded around the outside, craning desperately for a glimpse of the scene within; greater monsters revealed their true forms and sprawled among the mountains, each as large as a small hill, their eyes fixed on the center.
Today, the Imperial Son had personally visited this battlefield to watch the monsters fight according to ancient custom, bestowing lavish rewards. The kings of the Xia Lands had also arrived and sat within the great void according to rank.
High overhead loomed a seething cloud of baleful qi, wreathed in black radiance. Two blood-colored gleams could faintly be seen within it, like eyes.
A king in dark-gold ceremonial robes and a crown stood atop the cloud with his