Fang Hetong had finished talking about the local defenses. Now, it was Wei Yuan’s turn to explain the Palace of Absolute Beginning’s defensive arrangements.0

The Palace had several thousand years of experience resisting the foreign races. Naturally, they had established a self-contained defense system across the two commanderies. First, the True Lord presided from on high, overseeing heaven and earth. Next, the Truemen each guarded a domain and served as pillars of stability. Powerful Dao Foundation cultivators such as Zhang Sheng would patrol the regions, identifying weaknesses, patching gaps, and providing timely reinforcements. Finally, disciples like Wei Yuan—those who had completed the Body-tempering stage or newly ascended to the Dao Foundation stage—were dispersed across various strongholds as defensive fulcrums.0

The Palace had basically laid down a huge net between the two commanderies. Their plan to deal with Northern Liao’s ferocious assault was to be immovable. In fact, this strategy had a bit of sacrifice planned into it. If the enemy managed to seize the outlying strongholds, the forces...0