Desolate Hut was a small, dilapidated city on the border of the Anyang Dynasty. An ancient legend circulated here, claiming that a Great Emperor had once lived here in seclusion, lending the place a touch of mystery.
Many powerful figures had come because of this legend, hoping to trace the footsteps of an Ancient Great Emperor. Unfortunately, none had gained anything.
Instead, some great figures had inexplicably passed away in meditation here, filling the place with eerie rumors.
After arriving in Lu City, Lu Chen soon met Ye Fan, who had become the local lord and stirred up quite a storm here.
"Why didn't you enter Qishi Mansion?" Ye Fan asked in puzzlement when he saw him.
"Something held me up, but it doesn't really matter whether I enter Qishi Mansion." Lu Chen was unconcerned. Somewhat curious, he asked, "You didn't enter Qishi Mansion either, so how did you end up becoming a lord here?"
Ye Fan smiled bitterly. "That damned dog Black Emperor screwed me over. He gave me a Profound Jade Platform to teleport to the Central Plains, but it sent me to the Northern Plains instead. After that..."
Black Emperor's mastery of dao patterns was extraordinarily high, with scarcely anyone in the world who could match him. As long as he had enough source and materials, inscribing a teleportation Domain Gate that crossed regions to the Central Plains was no problem at all.
Lu Chen had studied the Dao Patterns Manual he had obtained in a trade with Black Emperor and constructed his own Domain Gate to cross over from the Eastern Wasteland.
But ever since Black Emperor had obtained a fragment of the Void Emperor's formation patterns, he had become rather unreliable.
The Great Emperor Formation Patterns were so profound that even with his mastery in