Outer Realm Development! The Wang Clan Rises to a Third-Rank Aristocratic Clan

Great Qian.

Boundary Fortress.

This was the inner fortress Great Qian used to guard the realm fissure. It served to station troops, accommodate the wounded, stockpile and circulate supplies, and more.

As the Wang Clan—no, as Great Qian—continued advancing its reclamation and immigration efforts in the Demon Realm, Great Qian's Boundary Fortress had also undergone several rounds of renovation and expansion over the past few decades.

Now, with the Boundary Fortress at its core, Realm Gorge had developed into a flourishing region inhabited by hundreds of thousands of military personnel and civilians.

The residents here could not simply relocate at will. First, they had to meet educational requirements; second, they had to be cultivators at least in the middle or late stages of the Qi Refining Realm.

And as Great Qian continued to develop, with education and the nationwide qi-refining initiative spreading at breakneck speed, the Qi Refining Realm had now become commonplace among thirty percent of adults across the nation. In Longzuo Prefecture, the figure had reached eighty percent, while Changning Guard and its surrounding areas had long since exceeded ninety-nine percent.

It was said that in Changning Guard, if one could not even reach the Qi Refining Realm, finding a wife or a job would become exceedingly difficult.

As the absolute core of this prosperous region, the Boundary Fortress had long been transformed beyond recognition after several rounds of reconstruction.

The original fortress had become an enormous reinforced-concrete structure. The high-grade Cement produced by the Wang Clan possessed defensive capabilities in no way inferior to metal, while being even more malleable. With layer upon layer of formation protection, the fortress's defenses had improved markedly.

Atop the fortress, an enormous Divine Might Cannon stood amid the gale-force winds like a guardian deity, majestic and imposing, radiating immense deterrence.

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