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At Southern Art County…
The tremors in the earth came one after another, accompanied by thunderous booms. At their most violent, it was as if a dragon beneath the ground had turned over. To the south, lightning often flashed, and firelight or divine light would pierce through the clouds; if not that, then some radiant brilliance would burst in midair, or the clouds themselves would be lit into a golden glow.
Within the clouds, vague and massive silhouettes could be glimpsed, some like stone giants, some like Buddhas, some like demons. They appeared and vanished amid the mist as they clashed, each collision sending out an immense disturbance.
The people only knew that this was in the direction of Xuzhou, where a range of monster- and ghost-infested wilderness mountains lay a few hundred li away. They had no idea what was actually happening there.
Some guessed that the gods were purging demons.
Others, recalling the unusual thunder in the skies a few days earlier, speculated that perhaps the heavenly gods and Buddhas were gathering their soldiers, beating the assembly drums or perhaps war drums.
But since the gods, Buddhas, and demons were fighting amidst the mountains, which had peaks higher than the land here, unless the combatants were truly enormous in stature, the mountains nearest to Southern Art County already blocked the people’s view. No matter how curious they were, no one dared to cross those ridges into the mountains beyond.
A restless unease spread among the people.
On the rooftop of the tallest tavern in the city, a cat sat upright on the roof ridge with a serious look, and her eyes fixed southward without blinking.
Still, Lady Calico had not forgotten her duties. Every...
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