The Great Qian Empire's army was coming to Black Dragon Ridge.
Yet Black Dragon Ridge was neither a major stronghold of Great Shang nor a strategically vital pass.
It had originally been nothing more than a stretch of wild mountains.
Normally, the Great Qian Empire's army would never have come here. It would have headed straight for Great Shang's imperial capital and destroyed Great Shang in one stroke.
Instead... the Great Qian Empire had actually concentrated its forces to attack Black Dragon Ridge.
Although the Grotto Heaven Cultivators had long been prepared, as had Wang Quan and the others.
At this very moment, however, everyone had mixed feelings upon learning that the army was coming.
"Then prepare for war!"
Black Dragon Ridge had already been preparing for years.
Now, they merely had to quicken their pace a little.
One Dao Seal Cultivator after another awakened cannon shells six or seven hundred meters across into Spirit Monsters, then brainwashed them using the methods of the Way of Idiocy.
All manner of carriage-mounted ballistae, special magical implements, and the like were also repeatedly awakened by the cultivators, eventually becoming Spirit Monsters that served as special weapons after being brainwashed.
Under the encouragement of whips, countless Spirit Monsters, Monsters, and natives frantically stockpiled more resources.
One day...
Three days...
Five days...
Before the Great Qian Empire's army arrived, a special army from the Great Shang Empire came sweeping in.
Yu Wanzhou, whom they had not seen for years, was among this army.
The army numbered a full million elite soldiers, and even the weakest possessed Purple Mansion Realm combat strength.
Their bodies were painted with all manner of colorful totems, and endless killing intent suffused them.
These elite soldiers escorted a luxurious carriage.
Inside the carriage, a woman whose glances shone with brilliance