Being the disciple of the heavenly dao and having the experience of three thousand lifetimes under his belt, Lu Yun would be able to turn a pig into an immortal given enough time. Nurturing subordinates wasn’t a matter of handheld instruction. They had to grow through conflict and slaughter, so whether it was Bloodbath and his men, or Wu Zhen and the bandits, he left them to their own devices after giving them sufficient resources.

Lu Yun raised sword light and headed to the west. He slowly left the boundaries of Darklake Empire and entered Profound Wing Empire.

While borders were clearly delineated in the world of cultivation, there were no patrols between nations. Nations valued spirit veins and spirit stone mines. The cultivators of a nation were gathered near these resources, building cities to oversee them. Nations didn’t care about land that held no natural resources, and wars were often fought over spirit veins.

Tiger Suppression Pass, for instance,...