Chapter 750

Wuguo, Northern Frontier, Peaceful Prefecture

Wuguo

Northern Frontier

Peaceful Prefecture

The ground was littered with ruins, endless bones. Those able-bodied youths who could manage to take their belongings, Wu Tie did his best to relocate them. However, manpower was limited; Peaceful Prefecture and the surrounding prefectures still had over sixty percent of able-bodied men remaining in their homeland.

Wu Tie

Peaceful Prefecture

prefectures

able-bodied youths

The Snowy Plains Tribe's great army attacked; the able-bodied youths who stayed behind became one with the homeland.

Snowy Plains Tribe

Vultures circled the sky, stray dogs ran wildly across the ground. The vultures and dogs had eaten too much rotting corpse flesh, their eyes turned red, clearly infected with a malignant plague.

- No named entities.

If it weren't for the low temperatures and freezing brought by the Snowy Plains Tribe, the plague would have spread wildly, and who knows how many more would die from it.

Snowy Plains Tribe

After capturing Peaceful Prefecture, the Snowy Plains Tribe's great army temporarily halted its advance.

Peaceful Prefecture

Snowy Plains Tribe

Compared to Wuguo, the Snowy Plains Tribe is ultimately still somewhat weak.

Snowy Plains Tribe, Wuguo

Just like a python swallowing an elephant, after gulping down a huge chunk of flesh, the Snowy Plains Tribe is suffering a bit of indigestion.

Snowy Plains Tribe

Countless captured women, countless looted gold, silver, and jewels, countless amounts of food and wine, countless silks and satins, even those magnificent palaces and towers, those exquisitely perfect carriages and flying vessels, and so on.

- No specific names.

Wu Tie deliberately had people discard large amounts of burdensome items in the fallen prefectures.

Wu Tie

These items include huge vases as tall as two people, fish tanks that require seven or eight people to move, giant screens over ten zhang long, canopy beds comparable to a small room, and giant birdcages inlaid with gold and jade, etc.

- No names.

They are all fine things, treasures piled up from gold and silver.

- No.

The Snowy Plains Tribe lives in the remote northern snowy plains, daily interacting with wild beasts and birds, eating half-cooked meat, wearing animal and fish skins, traveling on foot or by war beasts, dwelling either in caves or snow dens.

Snowy Plains Tribe, Snowy Plains

How could they have ever seen such extravagant luxury? Have they ever seen so many good things that not even appear in dreams?

- No.

All the Snowy Plains warriors fell into revelry, bingeing on food and drink, indulging in alcohol, freely enjoying the looted treasures. They no longer had the will to continue fighting, nor the strength to do so.

Snowy Plains warriors

Even the strongest men, after expending excessive energy on the captured women, would douse themselves in strong liquor to the point of being seven parts intoxicated and three parts sober; after about half a month, more than half of the cultivators at the Womb Storage Realm were ruined.

Womb Storage Realm

Peaceful Prefecture City, originally the prefectural governor's mansion, had its spacious hall piled with soft cushions made of various colored brocades.

Peaceful Prefecture City

Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors sat cross-legged atop thick piles of brocade, before them lay a large ceramic dish of mysterious color, filled with roasted meat.

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor

Thick slabs of carefully selected prime meat were coated with a heavy layer of spice powder, the spices so abundant that the aroma turned pungent and unpleasant. The Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors paid no heed, tearing into the roasted meat with big gulps and gulping down fine wine, each covered in grease, like hungry ghosts just escaped from the eighteen levels of hell.

Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors

However, calling them hungry ghosts is not far off.

- No.

In the primeval ages they offended the gods; although they eventually surrendered and fawned upon the gods, they were still punished by the gods, frozen in profound ice coffins for an unknown number of years.

primeval ages

the gods

Profound Ice Coffin

This time, to attack Wuguo, they were released, naturally wanting to feast and indulge, to make up for the wonderful time they had lost over the years.

Wuguo

Stretching his neck, one Profound Darkness Old Ancestor gulped down a large piece of roasted beef tendon, speaking indistinctly: 'Big brother, the kids have been a bit extravagant these days.'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor

Seated in the center, the Profound Darkness Old Ancestor frantically tearing at a fat goose let out a cold snort: 'Let them go……this flashy world is a thousand, even ten thousand times better than the snowy plains; for a moment it bewitches the heart and eyes, which is only natural. Let them go!'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor, Snowy Plains

Another Profound Darkness Old Ancestor said in a deep voice: 'I fear that the children will have no will to fight……if we cannot accomplish what those above demand……'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor

The Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors simultaneously lifted their heads to look at the ceiling.

Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors

The Profound Darkness Old Ancestor seated in the center pondered for a moment, then said slowly: 'It's no problem; the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom has no one who can match us, except that little fellow called the Martial King, who is slightly… well, never mind. Next time we see him, we will set up the Nine Heavenly Supervising Talisman Profound Darkness Grand Formation and join forces to kill him.'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor, Blue Hill Divine Kingdom, Martial King, Nine Heavenly Supervising Talisman Profound Darkness Grand Formation

After gulping down a twenty-plus-pound fat goose in just a few bites, this Profound Darkness Old Ancestor said with a sinister grin: 'Kill that Martial King, and the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom will have no one of note left. Then we will strike and slaughter all their high-ranking officials.'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor, Martial King, Blue Hill Divine Kingdom

'By then, there will be no need to keep fighting; wherever our edict reaches, who in the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom would dare defy orders?'

Blue Hill Divine Kingdom

'Besides lying flat on the ground and letting us slaughter them, what else can they do?'

- No.

The Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors burst into wild laughter.

Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors

They laughed with utter delight and recklessness, every pore of their bodies exhaling wisps of cold qi, turning the entire hall into an ice‑snow cavern.

Cold Qi

Inside the hall, likewise over a thousand Snowy Plains Tribe elders drinking and reveling also burst into raucous 'ha‑ha' laughter, proudly raising their wine cups and shouting loudly.

Snowy Plains Tribe, Elder

Groups of captured maidservants wrapped in thick furs trudged back and forth through the hall filled with biting cold qi, pouring wine for those ferocious tribal elders.

Cold Qi, Tribe Elder

Seeing these maidservants struggling to walk, their bodies swollen, one Profound Darkness Old Ancestor burst into laughter again: 'Look at these girls from the Southern Kingdom—just see how delicate and useless they are… hahaha, girls like this, boys too, frail and unable to withstand a single blow!'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor, Southern Kingdom

The tribal elders in the hall's feast again burst into laughter like ghosts wailing and wolves howling, each laughing until they bent forward and backward, utterly pleased with themselves.

Tribe Elders

Indeed, that couldn't be more correct.

- No.

Even the women of the Snowy Plains Tribe can wear only a thin animal skin and, on the snowy plains, slay fierce beasts to hunt for food.

Snowy Plains Tribe, Snowy Plains

As for these captured maidservants, they are so delicate, so frail…

- No.

The Blue Hill Divine Kingdom could never be a match for the Snowy Plains Tribe alliance; it's absolutely impossible.

Blue Hill Divine Kingdom, Snowy Plains Tribe

A tall, slender tribal elder slowly walked into the hall and bowed before the Eighteen Profound Darkness Old Ancestors, saying: 'Old Ancestor, the scouted report ahead says the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom is gone……now it is the Martial King Wu Tie, who crossed blades with the old ancestors, who has replaced Linghu Qingqing, taking over with Wuguo in place of the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom.'

Tribe Elder, Old Ancestor

Blue Hill Divine Kingdom

Martial King, Wu Tie

Linghu Qingqing

Wuguo

'Martial King Wu Tie?' one Profound Darkness Old Ancestor exclaimed in astonishment: 'The Martial King previously gave his name as Huo Xiong, didn't he?'

Martial King, Wu Tie

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor

Huo Xiong

The Profound Darkness Old Ancestor seated in the center waved his hand and said carelessly: 'Never mind Huo Xiong or Wu Tie; in any case, he is doomed to die.'

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor, Huo Xiong, Wu Tie

The multitude of Profound Darkness Old Ancestors glanced at one another, then burst into loud laughter again.

Profound Darkness Old Ancestor

The many tribal elders in the hall also laughed hysterically.

Tribe Elder

Even the elder who came to deliver the news burst out laughing, casually found a brocade cushion to sit on, and carelessly raised his wine cup to drink heartily.

Elder

Has the Blue Hill Divine Kingdom become Wuguo?

Blue Hill Divine Kingdom, Wuguo

Such things are not uncommon.

- No.

Among the Snowy Plains Tribe, it's not rare for a subordinate sub‑tribe to grow strong, kill the chief of the main tribe, and take its place.

Snowy Plains Tribe, subordinate sub‑tribe

The Blue Hill Divine Kingdom suffered successive defeats at the hands of the Snowy Plains Tribe; even Linghu Qingqing was severely wounded by their old ancestors. If no internal force replaced them, the Snowy Plains Tribe's elders would indeed find it strange.

Blue Hill Divine Kingdom, Snowy Plains Tribe, Linghu Qingqing, Old Ancestor, Elder

While those tribal elders were reveling madly, and while the Snowy Plains Tribe warriors were reveling madly, Wu Tie had already returned to the Northern Frontier front line.

Elder, Snowy Plains Tribe, Wu Tie, Northern Frontier, front line

The Mo Family, relying on the natural terrain south of Peaceful Prefecture, constructed a solid military city.

Mo Family

Peaceful Prefecture

military city

The military city stretches nine thousand li east‑west and is eight hundred li deep north‑south; inside lie countless formation mechanisms, densely packed with batteries of all sizes, and furthermore the Yuan clan of the Great Wei dispatched a feng shui master to shift the earth veins, bind the grand formation, and provide the city with virtually limitless powerful energy.

military city

Great Wei Yuan Clan

Feng Shui Master

earth veins

grand formation

Thirty‑six Four Spirit Warships hover in the void, while a huge martial vessel docks at the rear of the military city, undergoing final modifications and enhancements.

Four Spirit Warship

martial vessel

In the Wa Valley Battle, within the world transformed by the Azure Sea Divine Pearl, the flagship of Qian Xiao—a flying vessel shaped like a three‑legged golden crow—was destroyed by Wu Tie; the fragments of that flying vessel are now being fused by several old ancestors of the Mo Family using secret arts with the martial vessel.

Wa Valley Battle

Azure Sea Divine Pearl

Qian Xiao

flagship

flying vessel

secret method

martial vessel

Stretching over ten thousand zhang in length and shaped like a golden dragon, the martial vessel was originally the travel flagship of the Great Wei Divine Emperor; due to its enormous size, this giant ship had once been considered the greatest failure in the history of Great Wei's constructions.

golden dragon

Great Wei Divine Emperor

flagship

giant ship

Great Wei

With Da Tie's modifications and the infusion of countless rare materials, the martial vessel now matches the Four Spirit Warships in maneuverability, and in other aspects its performance even surpasses them.

Da Tie

martial vessel

Four Spirit Warship

Transport ships flew in incessantly from the south, hovering above the military city; then batch after batch of freshly forged Giant Divine Soldiers leapt straight down from high altitude, landing lightly, and under Lao Tie's orders swiftly rushed to their garrisons everywhere.

transport ship

Giant Divine Soldiers

Lao Tie

everywhere

Elite soldiers streamed out of the transport ships in groups, forming orderly ranks as they took over the barracks throughout the military city.

Elite soldiers

Military formation

Barracks

Wu Tie stood on the summit of a protruding mountain peak behind the northern city wall, seated on a throne, silently gazing at the movements in the north. Just dozens of li away, thousands of snow plain warriors rode on plump, sturdy white wolves, lazily patrolling near a small hill.

These snow plain warriors bared their arms, only wrapping a small piece of cloth around their waists.

From far away, Wu Tie could see sweat continuously flowing down these guys' bodies, and also see the long fur on the extremely long-haired white wolves, already made into strands by sweat, sopping wet and looking miserable.

"So, you're afraid of the heat!"

Wu Tie gave a strange grin, glancing at the Five Elements Daoist.

The Five Elements Daoist laughed "gaga", glancing at the fist-sized red bird perched on his shoulder.

This red bird is truly the primordial Golden Crow essence of Chiyang Shen Shan.

After returning from Chiyang Shen Shan to Tianwu City, Wu Tie immediately cut off a piece of his own bone and gave it to the Taiwu Golden Crow essence.

After swallowing the chaos bone given by Wu Tie, this Golden Crow essence immediately exercised its divine power, transformed into an egg, and after three shichen broke out of its shell, regaining a physical form. After reincarnating a fleshly body, this guy directly devoured all fire- and yang-type cultivation resources he could find in Tianwu City.

Wu Tie also didn't know just how strong this guy had become.

But, he must be very strong.

Wu Tie looked forward to the snow plain tribes continuing their attack; he would certainly make those accustomed to the northern ice and snow know what southern passion is.

Hundreds of warships of various sizes slowly drifted, rising and falling, coming from the north.

These warships were deliberately dropped by Wu Tie to let the snow plain tribes seize them as spoils. Obviously, these snow plain warriors were not yet accustomed to controlling these warships; seeing them fly crookedly, Wu Tie feared they would crash into each other at any moment.

A modestly sized fleet slowly proceeded to a point less than thirty li from the military city.

A short, ape-like snow plain tribe Elder grasped a staff, haughtily standing at the bow of a central warship, loudly berating the military city.

"Weak and incompetent southerners… dare you come out and fight?"

"If you don't dare, offer up a million beautiful women, ten million ingots of gold, a hundred million ingots of silver, ten billion bolts of silk and satin, a hundred million shi of grain, ten million head of cattle and sheep, and a hundred million jugs of fine wine."

"Otherwise, our Snow Ape tribe will breach your walls and leave not a single one of you alive."

Wu Tie looked at the short snow plain Elder, gave a cold smile: "Is this extortion at the door? Snow Ape tribe, this isn't even one of their six strongest tribes. Heh, they really take us for soft persimmons?"

Li Guang standing nearby said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, these days the snow plain great army has halted its attacks; only some medium and small tribes dare not go south alone, their spoils having been taken by the larger tribes, they are unwilling and greedy by nature, so they often come here to clamor."

Wu Tie gave a cold snort, about to order the destruction of this small fleet, when suddenly a vast mass of dark clouds rolled across the sky.

Low rumbles of thunder continuously came from the thick dark clouds, which swiftly gathered together, covering the sky within a hundred li radius. Blazing bolts of electricity leapt from gaps in the clouds, and an oppressive, suffocating pressure pressed down from the heavens, making even Wu Tie feel a slight unease.

In the next instant, a seal of thunder, a thousand zhang wide and entirely condensed from lightning, descended from the heavens.

With a tremendous roar, more than ten warships were crushed beneath the thunder seal; hearing only a muffled thunderous shock, more than ten warships, together with the over ten thousand snow plain warriors aboard, including that snow plain Elder of the second heavenly layer of the Divine Clarity realm, were blown into drifting ash in the lightning.

A surge of righteous, mighty, supremely pressuring law-wave descended from the heavens, and countless bolts of electricity as thick as water jars fell straight down from the clouds.

The remaining nearly hundred warships were submerged in dense lightning, which fell like a waterfall; only the terrifying thunderous roar could be heard incessantly, and the nearly hundred warships, together with the tens of thousands of snow plain warriors on them, instantly turned into wisps of green smoke that drifted away on the wind.

The sky-full of dark clouds rolled rapidly, and streaks of lightning within the clouds swiftly converged toward the center.

Soon, a tall, burly figure over a zhang high coalesced in the lightning, clad head to toe in deep-purple armor, wielding a long spear entwined with lightning, stepping through the void toward Wu Tie.

Wu Tie rose to his feet, solemnly regarding this handsome man.

"I, Martial King Wu Tie, who are you?"

"I am Xi Wu Le of the Xi tribe, come to aid in battle!"