Poison God's Heritage

"Hurry up," I said as I ordered the puppets to finish up the construction work.

Right now, it's been three days since the invasion. And the army of the Beyond is just finalizing the straggler issues and what's happening above the skies of the beyond. So far the Rakshasas have disappeared to god knows where, but the armies of the cultivators are still flying up doing massive combing of the areas to check for any threats.

During these three days, the Lord of Lords pagoda was active for about ninety days, with a maximum time difference. Not only did I fully replenish all my ammo, I even increased the size of the puppet army to two hundred thousand.

Right now, it was about enough to do scouting around the cities and have a dedicated small army for each of the twelve cities and some troops for spare and emergency deployment.

The issue was that even though I have a good number of puppets, it wasn't enough due to how many enemies we're facing.

The rakshasa can easily deploy hundreds of millions of their members at will, and I'll have no way to stop them if they decide to go on a zerg rush.

I'll get overrun in no time, thankfully I have the protective formations but even those won't last for long if the assault of the rakshasa keeps getting stronger.

And lastly, this stupid rain, good god it's endless.

So far the sea level, yes sea, because this shit is now salty as fuck and sucks out everyone's Qi if they touch it, is at the ten-meter height. It might not be much to actually call a sea, but it now has waves and currents.

As for the cities, they should have been underwater because technically the sea level is higher than most houses, but with a pretty genius work of art, provided by the assistance of the Blue Sun, I was capable of building floating cities.

Yes, islands that float like boats on the sea level, all thanks to a massive platform that I had the puppets build under each of the cities.

Most of the houses were destroyed in the process and were rebuilt the next day, firmer stronger and with more ability to sustain damage.

Not only that, I also had the puppets position the houses in specific order to allow for a massive city-wide formation to be created thanks to the shape of the new houses.

The entire city began rising above the sea water on the third day and it was fixed with anchors so it wouldn't just randomly drift away.

This was done to all twelve cities and some had to be deconstructed even as one of them was built around the base of a mountain. That one had to be completely rebuilt and everyone reallocated. Leaving the original city as a ghost town that was bound to drown.

The hundreds of thousands of puppets knew no rest or inefficiency so making the floating cities was rapid and easy, especially when cultivators were more than willing to help create and build them. Since they'll be granted a house that is better and sturdier than their former one, they will also get a chance to participate and join the battle that will come later.

"Shen Bao," I heard via my bracelet. It was the Blue Sun.

"Yes? Any updates?" I asked.

"So far everything is well, I'm also free to move to the Bastion. And the Red Sun wishes to speak to you by the way, he just returned."

The vision changed and the Red Sun appeared in the holographic display.

"Shen Bao, did you kill them?" he asked.

Clearly inquiring about the cultivators that he sent.

"No, none of them is dead, but you can see for yourself," I said as I showed him their fate. Hung and crucified with a Soul Sealing Rod in each of their foreheads.

"Good," the Red Sun said.

'Good? I thought he'd be mad or at least annoyed or ask for them back if I compensate him a bit,'

"You actually are merciful," the Red Sun said.

"Merciful? I don't know about that, after all, it's not that fun to have one of those Rods in your forehead," I said.

"Oh, I know, I was once on the receiving end of one of those, quite a nasty thing the Darkest One had created."

Well that's some lore I'd like to hear about later.

"But what I meant by merciful, is that in times of war, when someone acts out like they did, not only are they executed by separation of five dragons, they usually receive the five senses punishment along with their entire clan or family that they belong to up to the thirteen generation." The Red Sun said.

The Five Senses punishment is pretty nasty, especially if it is applied to mortals.

They'd remove one's eyes, pierce their ears, and burn the inside of their mouth and nose, then rip away the skin and pour salt on their body all while keeping them alive, they also remove their anus so that they'll be unable to stop themselves from defecating and if they're male they'll remove their gentiles and force them to swallow them. Forever live in pain and humiliation.

Damn, thinking about that along is enough to make one feel nauseous.

"I mean, he's the one who acted out of line and against orders, what does his family suffering fix?" I asked.

"Discipline," the Red Sun said. "When someone betrays their country or their people, he isn't the only one punished but the environment that raised him so that would never happen again, believe me, to take down an entire clan is far less painful than having a traitor that could cause the fall of an entire kingdom." The Red Sun stated.

"I see, regardless, he's here, if you want him back, you know what to do," I asked.

"Worry not, I'll have a few of my more loyal people come in and collect them, I'll then gift you something you'll appreciate I hope. I apologize for what one of my men had done to you," the Red Sun was about to bow when I shouted.

"Don't you dare bow!"

The words were loud and audible to everyone, "I don't accept bows from those I consider friends. Raise your head, you did nothing wrong nor do I think I can afford your bow, Slaughterer."

The Red Sun smiled saying, "Then as a friend, I'll accept your request."

The Blue Sun took back the holographic display and said, "We don't know how much time we have left, so how about we leave soon?"

"I'm always ready to leave," I replied.

"Alright, bring all related personnel we'll need," she said.

"What about the Thunder? It's too much Qi," I said.

"Apparently since the disappearance of the Noble that was inside the Bastion the entire Thunder Domain had been tame and dormant, even the clouds had risen considerably revealing a great majority of the area."

"What are you planning on doing in the Bastion?" the Cryptic Sun asked.

"Business," the Blue Sun replied and didn't expand any further, snubbing any intentions of him trying to get a finger in the cake.

"Good then, I'll get everyone to move then,"

"We'll be heading out in twenty hours, be prepared. I'll also get a few of my people to accompany us in case we face some issues," she said.

I nodded and the conversation ended. The Blue Sun means something completely different when she said the next twenty hours.

As immediately after the conversation had ended, one of the leaders of the Blue Sun troops that came to my city approached the palace and said, "The Blue Sun had created a gate for you at the edge of the Red Sun's Anti Nest.

"I figured as much, I'll be moving right now," I said.

Tao Yang, who was next to me said, "Didn't she say in the next twenty hours?"

I shook my head, "That was just to fake out the other Suns, especially the Cryptic Sun who'll probably do his best to either stall us or make sure that we're facing some sort of trouble. He isn't a Sun for nothing and he'll try to get something out of the Bastion no matter the cost," I said.

"Right, then who's going?" she asked.

"You, me, some of my puppets Dao Shen and Old Fu, if you're willing," I said.

"Of course, I'd like to go back," Dao Shen said.

Old Fu nodded, "It's good to have some practice," he said as she flexed some of his muscles.

"I also want to fight more of those things, thanks to those idiots I was sent with I never got the chance to throw some hands against the Rakshasa," Dao Shen exclaimed, "I'll be too weak once we get to meet our friends from the Vast Expanse.

that brought a smile to my face after all our friends are already here, and we still haven't seen them yet.

I shook my head from reminiscing and said

"Right, then, let's head to the Bastion, it's time to acquire it,"

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