Ironblood Weave Warfront

## Introduction

Ironblood Weave was a weave of pure conflict, and there were no commoners there as countless years ago, all of the living humans in Ironblood Weave had been massacred. All of the habitable planets in this weave had been linked together to form massive fortresses, and each fortress was a different region of Ironblood Weave. This was done to extend the battlefront. An endless war against the Astral Beast Domain was waged within this weave, all in an attempt to prevent the astral beasts from invading the other weaves.

In modern times, those who fought in this place were either from other weaves or cultivators who had been sent there from the Innerverse.

The opposing Astral Beast Domain also suffered heavy losses in Ironblood Weave, similar to the border warfront in Erudite Flowzone. Countless years of fighting had led to many astral beasts perishing, and quite a few races had even gone extinct as a result of the never-ending fighting. Even if the Astral Beast and Human Domains had agreed to a peace agreement, the war here would endlessly rage on until one of the two sides was completely extinguished.

The inter-domain war concerned everybody—the Daynight clan, the Sword Sect, and all of the powers in the various weaves of the Outerverse as well. Everyone had to send people to participate, and Ironblood Weave was filled with cultivators from everywhere in the universe. There was only one objective for them, which was to massacre all of the astral beasts there and make sure that the battlefield did not spill out beyond Ironblood Weave. No matter how the events of the universe transpire, only this conflict in Ironblood Weave had remained constant.

The war in this place was far crueler than the border warfront in Erudite Flowzone. The battles repeated day after day, and the routine had gradually reached the point where the cultivators defending Ironblood Fort were no longer simple cultivators; they were soldiers now. They had become the troops that protected humanity.

## Strongholds

The Ironblood Weave is very small, and it is only made up of about twenty or so filaments. They have nine strongholds, and the one at the forefront is Ironblood Fort, followed by the three strongholds of Giantghost Fort, Seasons Fort, and Yellowsoil Fort. There are formless danger sourceboxes spread an invisible field of danger around the fort. The remaining five Forts has the Brokenblade Fort as the central fort. All of the soldiers sent to the front four strongholds were originally from the lower five. As for the front four fortresses, reinforcements might be sent there at any time, but there was only ever one objective given to them: survive.

### Forts

Ironblood Fort

* Ironblood Fort as the frontline was also the stronghold that was the closest to the Astral Beast Domain, and the war never ended there. This fortress was formed from 1,800 interlinked planets, and there was even soil that connected each of the planets together. Within this stronghold, countless weapons were aimed at the Astral Beast Domain. Ever since Ironblood Fort had first been established, over 1,000 planets had been stained with blood. The fighting had never stopped even after the passage of an untold number of years. As soon as the invaders breached Ironblood Fort, they would have direct access to Ironblood Weave, which was a part of the Human Domain.
* There was no stringent selection process, and the military discipline that had been expected from a battlefield did not exist in this place. According to a veteran that he spoke to, the front four strongholds did not have any military supervision because there was no time to formally train soldiers.

Seasons Fort

* The commander of Seasons Fort was Liu Qiuyu
* Dead Pass was located at the uppermost regions of Seasons Fort. This is where the Command center is located, and where Wang Wen gave orders.

Brokenblade Fort

* The commander of Brokenblade Fort was Han Fei, Enlighter with a power level of 230,000
* A humongous fortress that had been assembled from multiple planets into a shape that resembled a broken knife. This stronghold was reminiscent of an astral beast lying in space, while its form also resembled a broken knife that had been stabbed into the center of the universe. It could be seen from a ridiculous distance, and the entire structure emitted the desolate aura of a battlefield. One of the five lower strongholds in Ironblood Weave. It’s the one that’s the closest to the Eastly Weave, and it’s also the final stronghold of Ironblood Weave. If this fort is ever breached, then the Outerverse will be thrown into despair.

## Ironblood Battle Points

Ironblood Battle System

* The battle system was the system that the Hall of Honor had developed to allow the weave’s defenders exchange their military contributions for various benefits. Because the battlefield was too extensive and the astral beasts appeared randomly, there was no way to effectively tally the soldiers’ deeds. Thus, the Hall of Honor had developed this system. Once people entered Ironblood Weave, the battle system would automatically connect to their gadgets and constantly monitor them. Besides guaranteeing that fellow humans would not kill each other, its primary function was to record an individual’s military achievements
* One could use their awarded Ironblood Points to purchase goods, battle techniques, or even power vessels
* The Battle points can be shared across different warfronts
* One Ironblood Point could be exchanged for one star essence
* The system had a contributions ranking list
* Each person could only see the points of those ranked within five positions of their own, either above or below them.
* Those who contribute will have their battle points recorded. As for the deceased, they were similarly recorded, since consolation payments would be made to one’s families whenever someone died in Ironblood Weave. The still-alive family members would become the family of a martyr, and such an identity could possibly help them in the future.

 Strength

## Participates

### Estimated Total Units

When it comes to the participates within the Ironblood Weave Warfront, the Hall of Honor demanded at least three Hunters, ten Cruisers, one hundred Explorers, as well as a fleet of 100,000 soldiers from every Weave. Assuming it's mostly just from the Eastern weaves, that averages around ten or so weaves that have this draft (meaning, a total of 30 Hunters, 100 Cruisers, 1000 Explorers, 1 Million soldiers. There should assumed to be triple or more the amount of cultivators and soldiers already stationed there spread out across the strongholds. There have been no mentions of other powerhouses stationed in other bottom 5 Forts.

About 6 - 8 Enlighter Realms had been drafted with around 20 known Enlighters defending the Warfront in total.

For Astral Beasts Domain, not much is actually known about the numbers of Astral Beasts sent to invade the Human Domain, but it is assumed to be at least double the amount and since they are Astral Beasts invaders, they have different species with different numbers.

## Summary of Invasion of the Ironblood Weave Warfront (Chapter 565 - 597)

Most of the battle first took place in the Ironblood Fort, as this was the forefront of the strongholds against the Astral Beast Domain invasion. The Hall of Honor had enlisted a majority of the Eastern weaves powers to replenish the number of cultivators and soldiers at the warfront.

The Astral Beast Domain attacked every few days, and most of them are concentrated on the front four strongholds. While the Amethyst Beast attacked Seasons Fort where Lu Yin was located, Aden was able block the impact of which the Amethyst Beast destruction it would have caused on the Seasons Fort. Unfortunately at the Ironblood Fort, Crow Phoenix (350,000) died in combat, and the Ironblood Fort was lost. Many people disappeared from the Ironblood Points rankings, including four Enlighters, dozens of Hunters, and many Cruisers; all of these people had perished at Ironblood Fort. Despite the passage of countless years, Ironblood Fort had never once failed to force back the astral beast invaders, even at its most critical moments, it had only been temporarily let go, only to be quickly seized back by the reinforcements from the middle three strongholds. However, at the moment, the middle three forts hadn’t even had a chance to reinforce the first stronghold.

Yellowsoil Fort, Giantghost Fort, and Seasons Fort were the forefront of the battlefield against the Astral Beast Domain. A powerhouse from the Astral Beast Domain, the Monster Loach attacked, the Seasons weave in order to eliminate Wang Wen as he was the strategist for the warfront. Lu Yin used Wang Wen as bait and used Money Bomb power vessel to injure and scared the Monster Loach away from the Seasons Fort.

After another round of attacks, the pressured mounted and 50 grams of pyrolyte was used to fend off the attack at Seasons Fort, but during this invasion attempt though, Featherking had died.

Lu Yin with the ability of the Rune Eyes, can see the holes of the sourceboxes defenses in the fort which allowed the defenders pre-attack the main routes of which the Astral Beast entered, allowing for moments of respite. The battle has been going on for months now and the defending numbers dewindled. A second round of draft was made, and the Enlighter realm Topmist was also drafted

Lu Yin, alongside Topmist, Elder Viletree, Wen Qichen had a mission of which the knowledge of the Primal Zone can be closed of to cut the reinforcement of the Astral Beasts. Unfortunately, they were discovered with Viletree killed by a guarding Void Beast with 300,000 power level. Wen Qichen and Topmist were unable to cope, with Wen Qichen slayen, and Topmist escaped the Primal Zone.

The battle continued to rage on, with another Astral Beast powerhouse that came, the Three-tailed Greedbeast. Desperately, Topmist was able to kill it with a power vessel, the Bloodied Handprint. Lu Yin left abandoned in the Primal Zone, was able to break through and become an Explorer Realm and leaves. Meanwhile, Liu Qiuyu dragged down by Enlighter Realm Astral Beast with mutual destruction, and the Seasons Fort falls. With Liu Qiuyu dead, Topmist had to contend against four other Enlighter Beasts, but with Lu Yin back into the mix, they managed to slay two Enlighter Beasts, with two escaped. With the Seasons Fort defeat, they were left with no chose but to leave with Elder Lohar, and Wang Wen to Brokenblade Fort.

At this time, Elder Lohar was not the only new arrival, and numerous other spacecraft started to appear at Brokenblade Fort. They brought with them news that Giantghost Fort had fallen. The three middle strongholds had all fallen, and now, the Outerverse’s last line of defense was these five lower strongholds. Almost half of Brokenblade Fort had crumbled during the battle. The survivors from Giantghost Fort were considered reinforcements, but in a similar manner, the astral beasts that had attacked Giantghost Fort would also move to join the assault against Brokenblade Fort.

Elder Lohar left the weave, and returned after just one day with a bit of exciting news: he had managed to destroy the hole in the Primal Zone’s energy stream. The destruction of the gap in the energy stream meant that the Primal Zone couldn’t receive any further reinforcements from the Celestial Beast Empire. The Celestrial Beast Empire had been invaded which concludes with the war stopping. Thus, this signified that the war was truly over for the time being.

## Aftermath

Of the people that the Great Yu Empire had sent to Ironblood Weave, only Lu Yin, Wendy Yushan, Huo Qingshan, and Aden had survived and everyone else had perished. Other weaves such as the Lars Weave and Northcastle Weave didn’t have even a single survivor.

Of the 20 or so Enlighter Realms that are known and defended the Ironblood Weave, 14 had died in combat. With this ratio amount it is assumed that the numbers for the lower cultivators and soldiers aren't fairing as well with a possibility of 60+ Hunter Realms, 2,000+ Cruiser Realm, 20,000+ Explorer Realm, and 2.1 million soldiers dead.

Ironblood Weave was left with just five forts since the Ironblood Fort and the three middle forts had all been completely destroyed. Elder Lohar, on behalf of the Hall of Honor, ordered all of the Eastern weaves to send more resources to Ironblood Weave so that the destroyed strongholds could all be rebuilt. Topmist, Nightqueen Qiuyu, Granny Chan, Huo Houye, and the other Enlighters were also tasked with staying behind and helping rebuild the forts.

## References

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