Lanfu Base City. 0

Towering 200-meter-high metal walls, bristling with crenelated battlements and cannon barrels, stood like a metallic forest. They had a blood-like hue under the glow of the setting sun.  0

Lanfu was the largest base city in the northwest. It was once the provincial capital of the northwest region in Great Xia and home to over four million people. It also served as the administrative, economic, military, and transportation hub of the region, so it had been hailed as the Jewel of the Northwest in Great Xia.  0

Now, however, it had declared its independence from Great Xia. It had become the main stronghold of the Xie family. The Xie family had a history in Great Xia of over four hundred years. Their ancestor, Xie Renwang, was among the second generation of bloodline experts during the global star beast mutation era. At his peak, he had reached the Saint Realm, the height of martial cultivation at the time.  0

Xie Renwang had rendered great service in the wars against the star beasts. When stability began to return to Great Xia, he became the guardian Saint stationed in Lanfu Base City. Under his protection, the Xie family had thrived. By three hundred years ago, thanks to Xie Renwang’s legacy, the Xie family had risen to become the foremost martial arts family in the nort...0