An Understated Dominance

 The third day since Buzhou Mountain's emergence. The mountain's "growth" had finally stopped. By now, approximately half of what had been the bustling Stonia city district had been covered and replaced by Buzhou Mountain's incomparably massive base and the branching ridges extending from it. In the enormous empty city that remained, aside from a few official forces responsible for cleanup and security, some martial world figures who couldn't or wouldn't completely evacuate, and bold explorers, the rest were cultivators of varying auras who had gathered from all directions, along with their retinues. At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, within a hastily established official encampment. Dustin stood on a small rise, gazing at the divine mountain before him that connected heaven and earth, emanating an endless atmosphere of ancient desolation. His heart was filled with emotion. He had just personally escorted Natasha onto a special train heading for a safe zone. ...

 Several days after Yu Chenzi fled in disgrace and Bai Wuhen quietly disappeared with his sister and their clansmen, an earth-shattering upheaval far beyond anyone's imagination—one sufficient to overturn the entire Dragon Kingdom and all secular understanding—erupted without warning in the heart of Stonia: the Forbidden City district. On that day, the sky was cloudless for ten thousand li, and Stonia bustled as usual. However, at noon, the earth suddenly emitted a deep, resonant rumbling, as if an ancient behemoth was awakening and turning over in the planet's core. At first, people only felt a slight tremor beneath their feet, thinking it an earthquake. But then, in the center of the great plaza before the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City, the incredibly solid golden brick flooring suddenly bulged and cracked! "BOOM BOOM BOOM—!" A thunderous roar shook the heavens! Accompanied by blinding dark yellow radiance gushing from the fissures, the base of a ...