“I never imagined there to be living beings so close to our world.” Lu Yang, now clad in the attire of the White Horse Dynasty, strolled through the streets with his hands tucked into his sleeves.

He was among the first cultivators to venture outside. No approval process was even required.

Everyone was elated to arrive outside, each flying off in different directions to see what the outer world held.

Lu Yang stumbled upon a nearby star. “The White Horse Dynasty with a thousand years of history, huh? Interesting.” He temporarily named it White Horse Planet.

After a brief investigation, he had a rough grasp of the situation on White Horse Planet.

The White Horse Dynasty was the largest nation on this planet. The scattered states around it were either vassals of the dynasty or so distant that they had only just begun to develop the concept of nationhood.

The spirit qi here was so sparse that drawing qi into the body was a challenge. Hence, the people here had blazed a different path similar to the Dao of Body Refinement—the path of martial artists.

The three strongest martial artists were the Wulin[1] Alliance Leader, the dynasty’s Grand General, and the Chief of the Imperial Guards. They could lift boulders weighing several hundred jin and were regarded as gods by the common folk.

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