The Empire XIV - The Spicy Conflict
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"My Ruler, I… I need to grow stronger. Yesterday… yesterday showed me how weak I am, how Ignorant I was…" Wang Lei stood before the Green Lightning Dynasty's Ruler "I know what you want, you want me to lead and teach you. But I don't have to do this, you by yourself have talent and fate dwarfing mine. There is not much I can give you, other than opportunities. And just like fates guided it, there is one right now."
The Ruler manipulated his Qi, and it arranged itself into a round map. "This is the Green Lightning Dynasty, here" a Label appeared "is the Capital, and here" another Label appeared "was your Sect before migrating." More labels showed up, all naming each of the Dynasty's Territories. "You probably wonder why I am showing you this if you already know it. Well, there" the Ruler pointed towards an unmapped area outside the Dynasty, the Qi moved again, and the unmapped Area became mapped, its size around the Green Lightning Dynasty "is the White Cloud Dynasty and there" another point appeared, this time near the Green Lightning Dynasty's Edge "is the Blue Forest Territory. One of the things its best known for are the Blue Fruit Spices. The thing is, those Spices are the White Cloud Dynasty's Ruler's Favorite Spice."
Wang Lei nodded. "A few years ago, I raised the price we sell it to them by 21%, their Ambassador complained but I ignored it. Three weeks ago, I noticed how a small Army gathered near the border. I guess they will try to occupy and then integrate the Territory into their Dynasty." Lei's eyes sparkled, "So you want me to defeat them? Why don't you just erase them?" "If I did that, then Id provoke their Ruler and it may even escalate into a fight between us, destroying large parts of both Dynasties and weakening us. Some of the other Dynasties Rulers may even gang up and kill us." "That makes sense… oh, how many Dynasties do you know of?" Lei asked. The Ruler nodded approving, "I know of 20 Dynasties, but there are definitely more." (PoLiTiCs + Mutual Assured Destruction = Balance of Power!)
And like the Green Lightning Dynasty's Ruler assumed, two weeks later a group crossed the Sky's Border between the White Cloud and the Green Lightning Dynasties. The Blue Forest Territory's Lord instantly deployed her Domain and began fighting the intruders Lord's Domain. Both limited their Strength, but for different reasons. The Territory's Lord didn't want to hurt her subjects as much as possible, while the intruder's Lord had the order to not Destroy more than necessary of the Territory.
While the two Lords fought, a few Refinement Realm, hundreds of Domain Expansion Realm Cultivators and countless of lower Realms began swarming the Territory. The Sects were unprepared, and many fell within the first day of the Invasion, but those that Stood saw the rise of many talented Disciples. War after all, was both a curse and an opportunity!
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Once the sun rouse the second time in the now blood-filled Blue Forest Territory, a golden light shot across it. It moved in a Zigzag movement and paused at some places for a few minutes before continuing on.
Wherever it passed, fights happened. The Native Sects fought fierce battles with the countless invaders. Once the light went away the fights were no more. The Invaders were slain! The only thing left of them were their headless bodies.
It was Wang Lei trying to prevent casualties on the Green Lightning Dynasty's side. He still could not control his Domain, now in size nearing a Territory, and so did most things by hand. He had however noticed the blobs within living things, but he already knew what they were, such was the privilege or, like some would argue, curse of the taught. Whenever he killed something and then touched the beings dispersing Soul, it would be absorbed into his body and be refined by his own Soul. It strengthened his Cultivation, but only by small bits. So small it would be better to just Cultivate.
He reached a massive battlefield, three dozen Sects had united and were fighting against sixty-seven Domain Expansion Realm, four hundred eighteen Domain Formation Experts and tens of thousands with lower Realms!
The Rivers were painted Red by blood and the Area was like a gigantic Void of Qi. It had nearly all been used up. Lei saw streams of dispersing Souls shooting towards the Heavens, his Vision was full of them.
He expanded his Domain and instantly the battlefield came to a Standstill. It was like time stopped. No Qi could be moved, and no Domain created. A stronger force had taken control of their Qi. The next moment all saw a golden flash and the flow of Qi continued. All Domain Expansion Realm Cultivators of the White Cloud Dynasty (gota get the Word count up xD) had their Domains broken, their Cores shattered, and their Souls ripped apart. Like Flies their dead bodies fell out of the Sky.
Lei saw that his Subjects could only win now that the others were so weakened and continued on. "Who was that?" asked one of the main Disciples of the third largest Sect of the Blue Forest Territory. "I… I don't know." "This Golden Cultivator…" soon the legend of the Golden Cultivator would spread all across the Blue Forest Territory.