Knowing one's enemies

After all, as I once said, "only if you know yourself and your enemies will you win a hundred battles"

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Error: This quote was said by Sun Tzu not the user!

"F**k off! YOU only show off at times like this when your assistance is not required and disappear when needed the most!" Fang Hao cussed at the recalcitrant system that ruined his wise man act.

*Buzz*

Error: The system aided the user when needed the most in defeating Huang Zhao in one strike by analyzing his weak points.

Fang Hao facepalmed himself agonizing over how will he spend his remaining days with a system even whose name reeks of unreliableness.

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The Land of Cultivators is known as the Lyst continent. The continent is surrounded by water on all sides which are known collectively as the Immeasurable sea each distinguished by their direction and called as North, South, East and West Immeasurable sea respectively.

The Lyst continent and the Immeasurable sea combined comprise the entirety of the "plane", the size of the plane is approximately equal to 1/16th of the Earth's total surface area but the majority of the space is taken by the sea with the area of the Lyst continent being just slightly more than India.

The Lyst continent is divided into 5 main domains - Northern Plains, Eastern Sea, Western Desert, Southern Ice Lands and Central Domain.

Each region is divided and ruled by a particular power except the Central Domain which is located at the centre of the continent and ruled by a trinity of three great powers - the Hara no mi sect, the divine Fang clan and the Pillar sect.

The power of the Central Domain far outstrips the other regions combined due to it monopolizing the source of spirit stones on the continent but also due to this very nature they interfere very little outside of their domain; only maintaining some semblance of order for the peace of the continent.

Excluding the Central Domain, the Western desert is the strongest among the four remaining regions followed by Northern plains, Southern Ice lands and the Eastern sea.

The Western desert is controlled by the Western Academy

The Northern plains are controlled by the Northern Wind tribe

The Southern Ice lands are controlled by the Snow Clan

The Eastern sea is controlled by the Eastern Sea sect.

The Eastern sea controlled by the Eastern sea sect can be said to be the most unique place on this continent being the only place where islands exist on this plane.

The Eastern sea is composed of two parts- the continent's mainland area namely called the Wang dynasty due to it being ruled by the Wang clan and the 32 island area both of which are nearly equal in size.

Although the Eastern sea sect rules the Eastern sea region, it adopts a non-interference policy regarding the secular affairs of the mundane world; only stepping in if highly necessary.

The Eastern sea sect itself is divided into 8 halls with 6 main halls and 2 hidden halls which are:- Whale hall, Shark hall, Octopus hall, Carp hall, Crab hall, Piranha hall, Fishing hall and the Mermaid hall respectively.

The two hidden halls that are the Fishing hall and the Mermaid hall oversee the other halls and manage the sect as a whole making their status far surpass the other halls.

The other halls each also have their specific functions as well with each main hall being further divided into inner hall and outer hall.

The outer hall only contains members who have either achieved the status of outer sect disciples or is a reserve disciple of the hall.

Each outer hall has the right to choose a member from the top ten of the preparatory disciple selection and grant him or her a cultivation technique with the chosen members becoming the reserve members of that hall.

Hearing the succinct overview of the power structure of the Lyst continent by the Fraudster's Library, Fang Hao couldn't help but click his tongue: I don't know why but the power structure here seems like a pyramid structure with me being at the bottom rung.

*Beep*

System: That is a correct observation

Hearing this Fang Hao sighed a long sigh as he irritatedly murmured: damn those f**king bastards for sending me here and damn those f**king scientists who created this trash system which can do nothing but kick others when they are down. Sometimes I even wonder did those scientists deliberately give this such a personality just to annoy the heck out of me!

*Sigh*

It looks like I have no choice but to claw my way to the top to not only survive but also enlist the aid of the cultivators as only the strong have the right to speak here.

Fang Hao's dull black eyes shone with an intense resolve to survive as he spoke: it seems I have to at least become strong enough to be on the same level as the rulers of the Central Domain to have even a smidgen of a chance to enlist their services and return to eat pizza on Earth again ...ahem I mean to save Earth.

To fulfil my mission I only have less than 70 years and to be safe, since I don't know how much time it will take to return and reorganize our strengths; I should finish enlisting their aid within 20 years or less since last time it took around 40-50 years to travel to here with an addition of a decade more to recall my memories back.

Now that the time limit has been defined, lets set our first mission which will be to conquer the Eastern sea sect doing which will grant me some right to speak within the continent as a whole after which will be the second mission which will be to return to the Divine Fang clan and conquer it as well after doing which all that remains would be to enlist the aid of the cultivators and return home in full glory.

The endgame is that I must return to Earth within 20 years whether I finish my mission or not as to not give Earth false hope so that they can prepare other methods.

Now let's commence Operation: Conquer the Eastern sea!

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Alert: Extremely high level of cringe detected. User caution advised!

"F**k off! You damn Alexa ripoff."