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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Announcement</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[I will stop updating the webnovel translation here on Gravity Tales. If you want to continue reading the free chapters, you can visit my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/caleredhair. I upload free chapters there every day. Thank you!]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 125: A Man Like a Lion</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The long winter of the Northern Frontier finally came to a quiet end. The sunlight gradually became warm, bringing the power of rebirth to this silvery-white land. On the plains, the thick layer of snow slowly melted, revealing the tips of grass that had been dormant for a long time. Tender green sprouts impatiently poked their heads out of the moist soil, curiously looking…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 124: The Era of Great Construction</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Half a month later, the caravan returned bringing back a batch of grain and cotton. At the entrance of Hexi Fortress, Li Xiao came to welcome them. He found that Li Dashan, Li Ergun, and the others had all become much darker. It seemed the sun in the Desert was indeed more intense than in Jin Prefecture. &#8220;Dalong, our wine sold exceptionally well!&#8221; Upon…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 123: The First Batch of Students of Hexi Military Academy</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:24:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Go to the Desert to sell wine? It must be a trustworthy person. So, the scope was narrowed as much as possible, preferably finding someone within the Li clan. As the current patriarch of the Li family, the Old Master knew every clansman best. He pondered gently for a moment, then said, &#8220;Let Ergunzi (Two Sticks) go.&#8221; &#8220;He spent two years in the Desert…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 122: The Beginning of Jin Prefecture&#8217;s Industrial Revolution</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:23:55 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The autumn harvest was over, and the grain was stored in the granaries. The people of Hexi Fortress had completed the most important agricultural task of the year. The lively scene in the fields gradually faded. On the thousands of mu of land, only stubble and scattered stalks remained, empty and quiet, carrying a trace of loneliness after the harvest, waiting for the spring…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 121: Nephew and Maternal Uncle</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 20:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Li Xiao had just returned from Wuya Village, passing by Hedong Fortress just at noon. So he rested for a moment in Hedong Fortress, planning to set off for Hexi Fortress in the afternoon. Luo Ping wanted to prepare well and treat Li Xiao. But he was directly refused by Li Xiao. &#8220;Uncle Luo, we aren&#8217;t strangers no need to be so polite.&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 120: Good People Are All Around</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[While the Luo Ping family was having lunch, some villagers passed by not far away one after another. Seeing Li Dafeng, they all greeted her warmly. &#8220;Dafeng, came to deliver food to your father and mother?&#8221; Hearing this, Li Dafeng also responded with a chuckle, &#8220;Yes, Auntie Zhang.&#8221; &#8220;Just made a simple lunch and brought it to my parents.&#8221; The person who came was…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 119: Eldest Sister</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Xiao Sima led the Eastern Capital Army away from Jin Prefecture, also taking Xiao Yanyan with him. Without the deterrence of these twenty thousand troops, the land of Jin Prefecture instantly lost some of its chilling aura. As if an invisible shackle had been unlocked, smiles began to appear more frequently on the faces of the Jin Prefecture people. Of course, the more important…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 118: I Call the Shots in Jin Prefecture</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The eight major Thousand-Man Commanders of Jin Prefecture were divided into Upper, Lower, Left, and Right, as well as the Southern, Northern, Hexi, and Dongshan Thousand-Man Commanders. Among them, the Upper Thousand-Man Commander was Xiao Lintuo&#8217;s trusted aide, a Khitan. The Lower Thousand-Man Commander had now become Amo, Li Xiao&#8217;s younger brother. The Northern and Right Thousand-Man Commanders were Wumeng and Huliji, two nomadic…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 117: Seizing Power</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Enough.&#8221; Just as Xiao Lintuo&#8217;s thoughts were churning and his expression changing, Xiao Sima&#8217;s reprimand came from the head seat. His solemn gaze swept across the tent. Especially giving Li Xiao and Xiao Lintuo fierce glares. Two troublemakers, not letting him have a moment of peace. Xiao Sima didn&#8217;t dare to imagine whether these two would beat each other&#8217;s brains out in Jin Prefecture…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 116: Victorious from the Start</title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Xiao Lintuo!&#8221; As soon as these words came out, everyone in the large tent was stunned. They never expected that this Wuliji tribesman would turn traitor right in front of Xiao Sima and bite back. Actually saying that the person who caused his father&#8217;s death was not Li Xiao, but Xiao Lintuo? &#8220;This&#8230;&#8221; Wumeng and the other Thousand-Man Commander looked at each other, stunned.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 115: My Lord, Please Punish Li Xiao</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Early the next morning, Xiao Lintuo, along with Amo and numerous Thousand-Man Commanders and Hundred-Man Commanders of the nomadic tribes, arrived at the central army&#8217;s large tent, requesting an audience with Xiao Sima. Although he arrived quite early, someone was even earlier than him. &#8220;Who is the Prince talking to? Why hasn&#8217;t he come out after so long?&#8221; Xiao Lintuo asked Xiao Sima&#8217;s captain…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 114: Mission Impossible</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-114-mission-impossible/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;This Governor is the Military Governor of Jin Prefecture; your father was a Thousand-Man Commander under my command.&#8221; &#8220;How can this Governor watch helplessly as he dies innocently and tragically?&#8221; &#8220;Rest assured, this Governor will definitely return justice to your father.&#8221; Listening to Xiao Lintuo&#8217;s righteous words, Amo put on a grateful appearance and said excitedly, &#8220;Thank you, my Lord.&#8221; &#8220;In the future, I,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 113: Infernal Affairs</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Governor!&#8221; In Xiao Lintuo&#8217;s military camp, a Khitan general lifted the curtain and walked in. Clenching his fist and placing it on his chest in salute, he said with an excited look, &#8220;News has come.&#8221; &#8220;Wuliji is dead.&#8221; Inside the tent, Xiao Lintuo was originally lowering his head, practicing writing Han characters on a sand table. After all, having become the Military Governor of…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 112: Xiao Lintuo&#8217;s Underhanded Trick</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The next morning, over a dozen nomadic cavalrymen arrived from the northwest. They wore tattered sheepskin coats with dried bloodstains, their heads half-bald with a few braided locks. Their faces were so dirty that their original features were unrecognizable, their skin chapped by the cold wind and full of dead skin. This group was none other than the people of the Wuliji Tribe. Leading…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 111: Balance</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Jinque Mountain was a small peak forty li northwest of Wuya Village. At this moment, Li Xiao, Xiao Yanyan, and their entourage arrived. Looking at the desolate scene around, Xiao Yanyan asked, puzzled, &#8220;This is already very far from Wuya Village. What are we doing here?&#8221; Li Xiao held her in his arms with one hand and pulled the reins with the other, stopping…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 110: Secret Edict</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-110-secret-edict/</link>
            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Wuliji Tribe plundered the grain of Sanhe Fortress?&#8221; At this time, Li Xiao had already returned to the main tent. Listening to the report from a Hexi youth in front of him, he frowned slightly. &#8220;I know a thing or two about that Wuliji person. His character is arrogant, domineering, and reckless.&#8221; &#8220;Plundering the grain of Sanhe Fortress does seem like something he…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 109: Thirty-Eight Hundred-Man Units</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Wuliji Tribe left a field of corpses behind and retreated in panic. Li Dashan and Luo Ping continued to pursue for a distance, seeing that they were about to leave the area inhabited by Han people. Further ahead were mostly pastures of nomadic tribes. To avoid unexpected trouble, and because they didn&#8217;t lead too many troops at this time&#8230; They could only retreat…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 108: The Beginning of Political Struggle</title>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Inside Hexi Fortress, the atmosphere was as tense as a drawn bowstring. The Old Master stood behind the battlements, watching the movements of the Wuliji Tribe. His face was gloomy, and his brows were knitted into a frown. But he remained silent throughout. The people beside him, however, were filled with righteous indignation, demanding one after another to go out and fight those damn…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 107: Winter Is Coming, Corpses Filling the Wilds</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-107-winter-is-coming-corpses-filling-the-wilds/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 06:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Wuliji Tribe was one of the largest tribes of the &#8216;Wusun lineage&#8217; in Jin Prefecture. The population was over a thousand, with about four hundred men capable of fighting alone. The leader was named Wuliji, who had always been known for his greed and ferocity. In past years, he had often conflicted with Han fortresses. Their appearance at Sanhe Fortress this time had…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 106: Golden September, the Season of Slaughter</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-106-golden-september-the-season-of-slaughter/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 06:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[September. The grasslands of the Northern Frontier were no longer emerald green but dyed in varying shades of golden yellow, as if gilded by the sun. The greenness of the pastures was fading, and withering yellow quietly crept up from the roots. For the Han people of the Northern Frontier, the most important moment of the year had finally arrived. Harvest! Outside Hexi Fortress,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 105: Hexi Thousand-Man Commander</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-105-hexi-thousand-man-commander/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[This Thousand-Man Commander position was, after all, a reward Li Xiao had fought for on the battlefield with his life. Li Erjiang, as an elder, not only failed to shield Li Xiao from the wind and rain but instead had to receive Li Xiao&#8217;s favor. Li Erjiang wasn&#8217;t the kind of person willing to reap the benefits without sowing, so facing this Thousand-Man Commander…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 104: The Number One Powerful Family in Jin Prefecture</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-104-the-number-one-powerful-family-in-jin-prefecture/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[As the Vice Military Governor of Jin Prefecture, Li Xiao represented the general trend and the legal authority of Great Liao. Under normal circumstances, opposing Li Xiao was actually opposing the entire overall power of the Northern Frontier. Although Zhu Wanli had very high prestige in Yin Mountain Fortress, facing the threat of cavalry several times their number around them, and facing Li Xiao&#8217;s…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 103: Mention Fairness to Me? Are You Worthy?</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-103-mention-fairness-to-me-are-you-worthy/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 05:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Based on what!?&#8221; Outside Wuya Village, a man&#8217;s loud shout rang out in a camp. This was the leader of Yin Mountain Fortress, named Zhu Wanli. He looked to be in his thirties, with a very fierce appearance. He was in a somewhat tense confrontation with Li Xiao, questioning aggressively. &#8220;Our Yin Mountain Fortress has a full three hundred households, yet I was only…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 102: An Era of Great Strife, Jin Prefecture&#8217;s Transformation</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-102-an-era-of-great-strife-jin-prefectures-transformation/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In Li Xiao&#8217;s plan, West Wind Fury and textiles would become the two pillar industries of Jin Prefecture. As for the fur industry, it was better than nothing, considered a bonus. After all, the Western Region grasslands were full of cattle and sheep, so there was no shortage of furs. It was just to find a market for the furs in the hands of…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 101: The Two Pillar Industries of Jin Prefecture</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-101-the-two-pillar-industries-of-jin-prefecture/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[How could a transmigrator not brew wine? This was a money-making artifact! Although the mainstream drinks of this era were yellow wine and rice wine, and the Western Regions preferred grape wine, fruit wine, and mare milk wine. Facts had proven that strong spirits also had a huge market demand in this era. Especially in a place like the Northern Frontier where the weather…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 100: Whoever Dares to Marry You, I Will Wipe Out His Entire Clan</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-100-whoever-dares-to-marry-you-i-will-wipe-out-his-entire-clan/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Inside the great tent, the light of the setting sun gently spilled onto the ground, casting a hazy light and shadow. Li Xiao leaned against a thick fur cushion, clad in a black outfit, his collar casually open, revealing his sturdy chest. A few trickles of sweat slowly slid down his neck, glistening like crystals under the sunlight. Xiao Yanyan lay halfway in Li…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 99: News of Victory, Vice Military Governor, Shock and Awe</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-99-news-of-victory-vice-military-governor-shock-and-awe/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Located at the west end of Hexi Fortress, there was a newly built cluster of thatched cottages. This was the temporary residence for the herdsmen of Hou Village; they had built these houses during this period. Although each household only had one or two rooms, they were much better at sheltering from wind and rain than tents. Huang Xiuer&#8217;s house was a bit further…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 98: News of Victory Reaches Hexi</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-98-news-of-victory-reaches-hexi/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Accompanied by the sounds of dogs barking and hoofbeats echoing through Hexi Fortress, people from every household came out to check the situation. The Old Master, having quickly put on his straw raincoat, was just about to go out when he found someone had stopped in front of his house. &#8220;Who is it?&#8221; The Old Master shouted in a low voice. Immediately after, a…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 97: The Li Family&#8217;s Daughter-in-law</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-97-the-li-familys-daughter-in-law/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Twenty-first year of the Tianxi reign of Great Liao, August 15th, Mid-Autumn Festival. Heavy rain fell from the sky, and dark clouds obscured the moon. For the Han people of Hexi Fortress and indeed the entire Jin Prefecture, this Mid-Autumn Festival was destined to be dull and flavorless. It should have been a festival for family reunions and moon gazing, but because of the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 96: Temujin</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-96-temujin/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just as Li Xiao finally got to eat the fragrant glutinous rice, on the grasslands a thousand li to the east, it was a completely different scene. The Selenge River still flowed surgingly, but at this moment, it was dyed red with blood. Broken weapons, severed limbs, and some corpses of steppe people floated on the river surface, emitting a nauseating smell of blood.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 95: Sky as a Quilt, Earth as a Bed, Bandit Han Pairs with Barbarian Maid</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-95-sky-as-a-quilt-earth-as-a-bed-bandit-han-pairs-with-barbarian-maid/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[On the vast grassland, a beautiful woman stood atop a mountain peak. She wore a long red dress, the hem dancing wildly in the wind like red flames surging on the grassland. Her waist-length hair was like black satin, flying in the wind, with a few strands mischievously brushing across her fair cheeks. Her eyes were like a clear spring on the grassland, limpid…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 94: Vice Military Governor Li, Left Thousand-Man Commander</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-94-vice-military-governor-li-left-thousand-man-commander/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this battle, the Liao army had captured quite a lot from the Naimans, which was barely enough to reward the soldiers. However, for Xiao Sima, the greatest gain was dealing a thorough blow to the strength of the Naimans and resolving the worries of the Northern Frontier. At the same time, over ten thousand Naiman soldiers were captured. These people would be taken…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 93: Merits and Heavy Rewards</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-93-merits-and-heavy-rewards/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tayang Khan retreated, and the Liao army took advantage of the momentum to pursue. They chased all the way to the location of the Naiman Khan&#8217;s Court, capturing a large amount of cattle, sheep, and supplies. However, before the war broke out, Tayang Khan had already considered a retreat route. He had let his Queen Consort, Gurbesu, take most of the cattle and sheep…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 92: Great Victory</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-92-great-victory/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Brothers, charge in! Leave no one alive!&#8221; &#8220;Capture Buyruq Khan, and you&#8217;ll be promoted three ranks!&#8221; Li Xiao, covered in blood and gripping his horse lance, shouted sternly. He took the lead, slaughtering madly within the Naiman formation, with the soldiers behind him following closely. The Northern Frontier cavalry surged forward like a tide, fighting more bravely as the battle went on, and soon…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 91: Little Man, Quite Domineering</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-91-little-man-quite-domineering/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[TN: Northern Border -&#062; Northern Frontier &#8220;Ahhh! Argh!&#8221; When the Divine Arm Crossbows fired, screams of misery immediately rang out from the Northern Naiman cavalry four hundred meters away. The Naimans clad in iron armor were a minority after all; the vast majority wore only leather armor or even no armor at all. Therefore, more than twenty Northern Naiman soldiers charging at the very…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 90: Decisive Battle</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-90-decisive-battle/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Where is Toqto Bolad’s army now?&#8221; Before the horn sounded, Xiao Sima asked in a deep voice. &#8220;They are already twenty li away, heading towards the battlefield,&#8221; the scout reported loudly. Xiao Sima nodded. According to the plan, they would wait until the Liao army launched an attack on the Naiman army. Then, Buyruq Khan’s army would launch a surprise assault on Tayang Khan.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 89: Dogs That Bite Don&#8217;t Bark</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-89-dogs-that-bite-dont-bark/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nothing happened overnight. Early the next morning, the sound of commotion began to rise in the Northern Frontier Army&#8217;s camp. Soldiers were boiling breakfast, packing up tents, feeding their warhorses, and preparing to break camp and leave this place. Taking advantage of this time, Li Xiao, Li Dashan, and the others gathered in a clearing. Their eyes were fixed intently on Erhu, who was…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 88: Vital Weapon of the State</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-88-vital-weapon-of-the-state/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[After Buermahei ordered the surrender, the battle ended quickly. Li Xiao also ordered his soldiers to stop the slaughter. Li Dashan and the others swiftly brought their men to encircle them, catching all the Naimans in one net. Soon, under Li Xiao’s command, the Naimans were forcibly disarmed and their warhorses confiscated. The able-bodied men were locked up separately from the women, children, and…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 87: Heavy Cavalry Charge, Crushing the Naimans</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-87-heavy-cavalry-charge-crushing-the-naimans/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[When the Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry prepared to encircle and suppress this Naiman tribe, Buermahei also quickly organized his forces to resist. Based on the comparison of strength between the two sides, the men, women, old, and young in Buermahei’s tribe added up to just over two thousand people. The Northern Frontier Army, on the other hand, had a full three thousand iron cavalry.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 86: Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-86-northern-frontier-iron-cavalry/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[For the next few days, Li Xiao led his army to continue sweeping the area, preparing to snatch as many cattle, sheep, supplies, and women as possible from the Naiman steppe to take back. Unfortunately, the local Naiman tribes had run far away long ago. In the end, only a Naiman tribe coming from the southern Gobi was discovered by the scouts under Li…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 85: Sentimental Woman</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-85-sentimental-woman/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Eating soft rice? what does that mean?&#8221; Looking at Li Xiao’s exaggerated expression, Xiao Yanyan’s face was full of confusion. She could clearly tell that the words eating soft rice definitely did not mean what they seemed to imply on the surface. &#8220;Nothing much,&#8221; Li Xiao shook his head lightly. He explained casually, &#8220;It just means that in the future, I’ll rely on you…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 84: Jin Prefecture Deputy Military Governor</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-84-jin-prefecture-deputy-military-governor/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although he felt vaguely that something was wrong with this matter, Li Xiao didn&#8217;t say anything on the spot. Because there was no basis, just his own conjecture. Even if he said it, Xiao Simo might not necessarily give up this opportunity. It might not change the deployment of the war situation at all, but it would have a considerable impact on Li Xiao…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 83: Victory in Sight</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-83-victory-in-sight/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Among the troops under Li Xiao&#8217;s command, the only ones that truly belonged to him were the original seven-fortress coalition, plus the Čarlan slaves and the more than one hundred people from Feiying Fortress. In addition, there were two thousand people borrowed from other divisions. After the war, they would definitely have to be returned. But Li Xiao didn&#8217;t want to let them go.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 82: Tayang Khan&#8217;s Shock</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-82-tayang-khans-shock/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:36:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Upper reaches of the Igor River. This was the temporary location of the Khan Court. The Naiman was a nomadic tribe, and the Khan Court was actually the largest tribe among them, also moving in search of water and grass. In this season, in the foothill area of the upper reaches of the river, water and grass were lush, and the temperature was suitable,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 81: Altai Mountains Breached</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-81-altai-mountains-breached/</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 17:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the Northern Border Army, Xiao Simo personally went to the front line to supervise and command. Although the soldiers failed to breach the defense line at the Northeast Pass, Xiao Simo was not disappointed. The commotion here was vigorous, but in reality, it was ultimately just a feint attack to attract the main force of the Naimans. &#8220;Li Xiao, don&#8217;t disappoint this King.&#8221;…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 80: Wolf Smoke Rises</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-80-wolf-smoke-rises/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Altai Mountains, Northeast Pass. Because the terrain of this pass was relatively flat, with gentle undulations on both sides, it was conducive to the passage of large armies. Thus, it became the focal point of contention between the two armies. The main camps of both sides were even built before and after the Northeast Pass. The morning sunlight had just sprinkled into the mountains,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 79: Ambush and Kill</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-79-ambush-and-kill/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[After Li Xiao ordered all the prisoners to be killed, the Naimans were thoroughly enraged. Five thousand cavalry roared, following the figures of the Northern Border cavalry, charging forward angrily. There was only one thought left in their minds. Kill all the Liao people, revenge. However, as the group went deeper and deeper on this road, Kuchlug felt more and more uneasy in his…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 78: The Fury of the Naimans</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-78-the-fury-of-the-naimans/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The majestic and magnificent Altai Mountains stood proudly between heaven and earth like a giant. The rolling peaks outlined a majestic skyline, piercing straight into the clouds, with a breathtaking momentum. Under the gentle caress of sunlight, the snow on the mountaintop refracted a golden holy light, like brilliance shed by a god, illuminating the entire world. Spreading from the foot of the mountain…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 77: Sweeping</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-77-sweeping/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the twilight, a girl rode a horse in the valley, holding a whip, constantly driving her sheep towards the tents. She had a pair of black eyes shining like stars, a fair face as bright as a pearl, and jet-black hair draped behind her, beautiful as the Milky Way. She was the most beautiful girl in this Naiman tribe. Her name was Naren,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 76: Life and Death, Decided in One Move</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-76-life-and-death-decided-in-one-move/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[East of the Altai Mountains, Northeast Pass. It was one of the passes in the Altai Mountains most suitable for a large army to cross, and also the place where Xiao Simo&#8217;s main army attacked. At this time, it was already dark, and the moon was above the mountaintops. However, a disgusting and strong smell of blood pervaded the valley, like an invisible mist,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 75: Suppression</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-75-suppression/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Alai Ridge was one of the highest peaks in the southern Altai Mountains. Towering into the clouds, with rugged rocks, it was like a giant arm extended from the earth, piercing straight into the sky. On the surface of the mountain, traces of time were clearly visible. Ravines were like wrinkles on a giant&#8217;s face, recording the long changes of time. And just…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 74: Wait for Me to Come Back</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-74-wait-for-me-to-come-back/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;By the Chile Plain, below the Yin Mountain.&#8221; &#8220;The sky is like a yurt, covering the four fields.&#8221; &#8220;The sky is vast and gray, the wilderness is boundless; wind blows, grass bends, and cattle and sheep appear.&#8221; &#8230; The wind of the Northern Border was cold and desolate, as if it could cut open the curtain of time, revealing that magnificent and boundless picture.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 73: Come Back Alive</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-73-come-back-alive/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[For the next few days, the Alltai Mountains battlefield seemed to fall into calm. The Northern Border Army didn&#8217;t continue attacking, and the Naimans didn&#8217;t sneak attack. Both sides were silently adjusting their strength, preparing for the next big battle. During these few days, Li Xiao selected a total of two thousand soldiers from various divisions. All were honest and simple herdsmen or slaves.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 72: Selecting Soldiers</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-72-selecting-soldiers/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The ancient road of the Alai Ridge truly existed. In later generations, when Li Xiao was stationed in the Northern Border, he went there many times and was very familiar with the local terrain. Although eight hundred years had passed, Li Xiao believed that the landform of the Alai Ridge shouldn&#8217;t have changed too much. It could definitely allow large-scale cavalry units to pass.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 71: The Altai Mountains Must Be Conquered</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-71-the-altai-mountains-must-be-conquered/</link>
            <pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:07:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although Li Xiao was a bit immune to Xiao Simo&#8217;s big promises, there was a saying that goes, wealth and honor are sought amidst danger. If he didn&#8217;t proactively fight for it, he would still be a Thousand Household in three or five years. When the Mongols attacked, what would Li Xiao use to resist? So, he decided to take a risk. If it…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 70: Promoted Three Levels?</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-70-promoted-three-levels/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[On this day, Xiao Simo summoned all the military leaders. After Li Xiao received the order, he first arranged everything in the camp to guard against the Naimans sneak attacking while he was away. Then he led a team of guards toward the Khitan camp. However, when he was about to arrive, he found a military force appearing outside the Khitan camp. About three…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 69: Marriage Alliance</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-69-marriage-alliance/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Altai Mountains, also known as the Golden Mountains. It was a mountain range running from northwest to southeast, stretching between the Northern Border and the Mongolian steppe, dividing them into two different geographical and cultural plates. At this time, twenty thousand troops from the Northern Border set out from Jin Prefecture and brazenly entered the Golden Mountains. They would cross the entire mountain…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 68: Huge Profit</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-68-huge-profit/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[No one could refuse Li Xiao&#8217;s &#8216;kindness&#8217;. The next things were simple. Under the coercion of Li Xiao&#8217;s six hundred iron cavalry and their arrows, led by the heads of the Qian and Zhou families, the men of the Wang family were all killed. Looking at the corpses all over the ground, the entire Feiying Fortress fell into deathly silence; everyone was silent as…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 67: The Extermination of the Wang Family of Feiying Fortress</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-67-the-extermination-of-the-wang-family-of-feiying-fortress/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The troops of Feiying Fortress moved forward slowly and soon discovered the army of the Jin Prefecture Governor-General. &#8220;Quite a lot of people! Five or six hundred.&#8221; Wang Ermazi secretly estimated the number of this &#8216;Khitan Army&#8217; in his heart, and the final conclusion was that Feiying Fortress was no match. &#8220;Something&#8217;s wrong!&#8221; Originally, Wang Ermazi planned to take his younger brothers to pay…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 66: Avenging Grievances, Never Leaving It Overnight</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-66-avenging-grievances-never-leaving-it-overnight/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Soon, Xiao Linta and Li Xiao left together, then gathered all the Jin Prefecture leaders in Wuya Village for a meeting in Xiao Linta&#8217;s big tent. Assigning military rations! Not long after, Huang Daquan and the others walked out of the big tent with depressed faces. They looked at each other and shook their heads one after another. &#8220;This time, we can&#8217;t avoid it.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 65: The Situation in Jin Prefecture</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-65-the-situation-in-jin-prefecture/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nowadays, the small Wuya Village had clearly become a huge military camp. Gathering nearly twenty thousand troops from Yin Mountain, Beihai, and Jin Prefecture. Stationed in the most core area was naturally Xiao Simo&#8217;s Six Divisions army. In the big tent, Xiao Simo sat on a folding stool, listening silently to the report of a Khitan soldier with a solemn face. &#8220;The Naiman army…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 64: Feiying Fortress Lord</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-64-feiying-fortress-lord/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A few days ago, Huang Daquan suddenly learned the news that Hou Village had been breached. He stumbled on the spot and almost fainted. Fortunately, he later learned that it was not the Karluks who breached Hou Village, but the troops of Hexi Fortress. His daughter, Huang Xiu&#8217;er, was also fine and was now living well in Hexi Fortress. It was just that the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 63: Descendant of Zhang Qian</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-63-descendant-of-zhang-qian/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Li Xiao was preparing to carry out a very important matter. Naturalizing the foreigners! The number of Han people in the Western Regions was ultimately too small. Even if Li Xiao united them all, they didn&#8217;t have much of a numerical advantage among the ethnic groups of Western Liao. Besides planning to plunder population from Western Xia and the Central Plains to supplement the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 62: Naturalized Foreigner</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-62-naturalized-foreigner/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Thousand Household system was not created by Xiao Simo; it originated in the early years of the Jin Dynasty. After the Jingkang Incident, many Song Dynasty generals surrendered to the Jin Dynasty. To settle these surrendered generals, but not wanting to incorporate them into the Jurchen Meng&#8217;an Mouke system lest it affect the Jurchen&#8217;s own combat power&#8230; The Jurchens created the Thousand Household…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 61: Thousand Household</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-61-thousand-household/</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:54:43 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Lowly General Li Xiao, pays respects to the Great King!&#8221; Inside Wuya Village, Li Xiao walked over hurriedly, wearing armor, a cavalry saber at his waist, and clenched his right fist, saluting Xiao Simo. At this time, the battle was basically over. When Li Xiao led his men into Wuya Village, the Karluks of the Moman tribe immediately collapsed. They completely lost the will…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 60: Wuya Village Breached</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-60-wuya-village-breached/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Fortress Lord Li!&#8221; &#8220;The Great King has an order!&#8221; &#8220;Order your division to prepare immediately and, together with the left and right divisions, capture Wuya Village before sunset.&#8221; As soon as Li Xiao arrived outside Wuya Village with his men, before he could catch his breath, he received Xiao Simo&#8217;s order. &#8220;Fuck!&#8221; After the messenger left, Li Xiao cursed fiercely. &#8220;Damn Xiao Simo, simply…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 59: The End of the Moman Tribe</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-59-the-end-of-the-moman-tribe/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Not long after, the Eastern Capital Army broke camp and set out. Li Xiao also rode out of the main camp. &#8220;The Fortress Lord is out.&#8221; &#8220;Fortress Lord, are you okay?&#8221; &#8220;Brother Da Long, the Khitans didn&#8217;t do anything to you, did they?&#8221; Seeing Li Xiao, the one hundred Hexi cavalry outside the camp instantly surrounded him, protecting him in the middle, asking questions…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 58: Fifteen Years Old That Year, Standing Like a Minion</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-58-fifteen-years-old-that-year-standing-like-a-minion/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In later generations, there were very few historical records about Western Liao, and there was no mention of the character Xiao Simo at all. Li Xiao only realized now that this guy was preparing to rebel! &#8220;Can this be considered boarding a pirate ship?&#8221; Li Xiao thought with mixed feelings of laughter and tears. Considering the complex relationship between the Xiao family and Yelü…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 57: Xiao Simo&#8217;s Spear</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-57-xiao-simos-spear/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Li Xiao waited outside the camp for a while, then received the notification that Xiao Simo wanted to see him. Without much hesitation, he followed Xiao Simo&#8217;s personal guard into the big tent. Several Khitan generals sat on both sides of the big tent, all looking at Li Xiao with curious or suspicious eyes. Li Xiao&#8217;s gaze swept over everyone, finally landing on the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 56: Grand Princess of Chu</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-56-grand-princess-of-chu/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Grandpa Qin Kaishan&#8217;s idea ultimately couldn&#8217;t be realized. With such a powerful political resource as Xiao Yanyan, how could Li Xiao bear to sacrifice her to the flag? Moreover, there was no fundamental conflict between the Han people and the Eastern Capital Army. Everything was caused by the Čarlan tribe. So, soon after, Li Xiao personally led a hundred cavalrymen to escort Xiao Yanyan…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 55: Xiao Yanyan&#8217;s Mysterious Background</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-55-xiao-yanyans-mysterious-background/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rumble rumble rumble! The low roar of warhorses sounded outside Ta Village. A cavalry team of over a hundred men, with the sunlight on their backs, galloped rapidly towards Ta Village. &#8220;Whoa whoa whoa!&#8221; When they were close to Ta Village, the riders slowly reined in their horses. &#8220;It seems Ta Village is safe and sound,&#8221; Luo Ping said softly, nodding as he saw…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 54: Grand King of the Six Divisions</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-54-grand-king-of-the-six-divisions/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Seeing Li Xiao&#8217;s fluctuating expression, Hutu was extremely nervous beside him. He was a bit worried that this new master had a temperamental character; if he said something wrong and got chopped down directly, it would be terrible. Fortunately, Li Xiao was rational and soon put that woman Xiao Yanyan out of his mind. Turning to look at Hutu, who was shrinking his head,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 53: You Really Are a Talent</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-53-you-really-are-a-talent/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:23:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Endless bonfires burned in the dark night, illuminating this chaotic land. There was no dripping blood, no neighing of weapons. Only the uneasy howling of warhorses and the joy of the Hexi cavalry after victory. &#8220;Separate all prisoners from their warhorses, detain them separately, and confiscate all their weapons.&#8221; In the dark night, Li Xiao, wearing armor and holding a horse lance, patrolled on…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 52: Ambush on Ten Sides</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-52-ambush-on-ten-sides/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Although Nierdu had already issued the order to retreat, the Čarlan cavalry was already entangled with the people of Ta Village. Withdrawing was not that easy. And Li Xiao made a prompt decision, launching an attack directly without waiting for Sixth Uncle and Dazhuang to arrive. Woooo! Woooooo! Just as the Čarlan people were retreating one after another, a burst of low bugle sounds…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 51: The Bugle of Hexi Cavalry</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-51-the-bugle-of-hexi-cavalry/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 18:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Soon, the troops of Hexi Fortress began to assemble! After annexing the populations of Sanhe Fortress and Hou Village, the strength of Hexi Fortress had increased significantly. Coupled with the return of some able-bodied men from Li Erjiang&#8217;s group&#8230; Hexi Fortress now had nearly six hundred men capable of mounting horses and fighting. And this time, Li Xiao prepared to lead four hundred men…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 50: Seven-Fortress Joint Defense, Soldiers and Bandits are One Family</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-50-seven-fortress-joint-defense-soldiers-and-bandits-are-one-family/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Three guests came to Hexi Fortress today. They were the Village Lords of Qiyun Village, Qianhe Village, and Houhe Village. The purpose of the three coming to Hexi Fortress was simple: alliance! In the Battle of Sanhe Fortress, the four-fortress coalition annihilated the entire Aslan tribe, shocking Jin Prefecture. It also gave hope to many Han fortresses and villages. The four-fortress coalition led by…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 49: Ta Village Under Attack</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-49-ta-village-under-attack/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[At this time, it was afternoon! Some people from Ta Village were grazing cattle and sheep on the pasture outside the village. Although the Karluk rebellion hadn&#8217;t been resolved yet, the pressure from the Karluks had ceased to exist after the Battle of Sanhe Fortress. Moreover, Ta Village was located in the western part of Jin Prefecture. If the Karluks wanted to come over,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 48: The Čarlan Cavalry</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-48-the-carlan-cavalry/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;By the way, how is your brother?&#8221; Li Xiao thought of the girl&#8217;s brother again, the seriously injured teenager rescued from the cellar. About the same age as himself, only a bit thinner. If he hadn&#8217;t seen this girl, Li Xiao would have almost forgotten about him; mainly because there had been too many things to do these past few days. &#8220;Not too good.&#8221;…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 47: Screw Benevolence, Righteousness, and Morality</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-47-screw-benevolence-righteousness-and-morality/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Erya, Erya~&#8221; &#8220;Tell me, where is Little Bao?&#8221; &#8220;Did you hide him somewhere?&#8221; &#8220;Tell me quickly.&#8221; The woman&#8217;s mind seemed to have suffered a huge shock. Like a madwoman, she pulled the girl&#8217;s arm and shouted loudly. Hearing the movement of Li Xiao riding over, she immediately turned her head to look at Li Xiao. Then she shook her head in disappointment: &#8220;You are…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 46: This Woman is Really Something</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-46-this-woman-is-really-something/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Looking at Xiao Yanyan&#8217;s expression, Li Xiao was also a bit baffled. But noticing that Xiao Yanyan&#8217;s gaze was constantly fixed on this short saber, Li Xiao couldn&#8217;t help but ask tentatively. &#8220;Miss Xiao, is there a problem with this saber?&#8221; Xiao Yanyan shook her head gently, sighed slightly, and when she looked up at Li Xiao, there was a touch of gratitude in…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 45: Golden Short Saber</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The people from Sanhe Fortress arrived at Hexi Fortress last night. The original Sanhe Fortress, which had about a thousand people, now had fewer than five hundred left. Plus the more than five hundred people from Hou Village, and the more than two hundred female slaves distributed from Aslan&#8217;s tribe. Now Hexi Fortress had become a super-large fortress with a population exceeding two thousand…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 44: The Base of Power</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-44-the-base-of-power/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The news of the annihilation of Aslan&#8217;s tribe soon spread within the Moman tribe. &#8220;How is it possible?&#8221; &#8220;Aslan&#8217;s tribe was a large tribe like our Moman tribe; how could it be annihilated by Han people overnight?&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s true. During the thunderstorm the day before yesterday, the Han people took advantage of the night to launch a sneak attack, and Aslan&#8217;s tribe was completely…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 43: The Shock of the Karluks</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-43-the-shock-of-the-karluks/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[For a whole morning, Hou Village was in a mess, very busy. Under Li Xiao&#8217;s order, all the herdsmen began to pack up their belongings, preparing to move. &#8220;Although the Hou family has been wiped out, Hou Wen is not dead yet. After knowing what happened in the village, he will definitely borrow troops from the Karluks for revenge.&#8221; &#8220;Therefore, Hou Village can no…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 42: Sacrificing Oneself for the Fortress</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-42-sacrificing-oneself-for-the-fortress/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Knock knock knock~ &#8220;Brother, are you inside?&#8221; The sound of knocking rang out, accompanied by Erhu&#8217;s coarse and loud voice. More than an hour had passed, but Li Xiao had not yet returned. Erhu couldn&#8217;t sit still and began to search courtyard by courtyard. Finally, he found Li Xiao&#8217;s horse in a relatively luxurious courtyard. According to the people of Hou Village, this was…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 41: Allicin</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-41-allicin/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[With Lin Dazhuang taking the lead, more and more people stepped forward. Holding knives, they hacked at the Hou family members. In fact, Li Xiao didn&#8217;t need to force them at all. After letting go of their courage, they started doing this proactively. Avenging grievances, taking revenge. The Hou family had ruled Hou Village for more than fifty years, treating people of other surnames…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 40: Exterminating the Hou Family</title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The sound of horse hooves was like thunder, shaking the earth to rumble. The cavalry, like an unstoppable torrent of steel, roared toward the village. Inside Hou Village at this moment, only a group of old, weak, women, and children remained, completely unable to stop the attack of the young cavalry. More than a hundred cavalrymen quickly rushed into Hou Village. They shouted loudly,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 39: A Battle of Crushing Dry Weeds and Smashing Rotten Wood</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-39-a-battle-of-crushing-dry-weeds-and-smashing-rotten-wood/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[At this moment, Hou Tiancai was completely shocked and shouted in terror: &#8220;Armored cavalry!!!&#8221; When these four words appeared in his mind, Hou Tiancai was utterly stunned. He looked at the opposite side with shock and disbelief. Twenty cavalrymen wearing heavy fish-scale armor, riding tall and strong warhorses, holding spears and war sabers, lined up in a row. Charging recklessly in his direction. That…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 38: The Deterrence of Heavy Cavalry</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-38-the-deterrence-of-heavy-cavalry/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tiancai, before we left, the Old Village Lord specifically instructed not to underestimate the enemy and advance rashly.&#8221; &#8220;If there is danger, we must return immediately.&#8221; In the Hou Village team, a man from the Hou family said to Hou Tiancai. Although Old Man Hou was anxious to rescue Huang Xiu&#8217;er to avoid affecting the relationship with the Huang family. But he was old…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 37: Luring the Snake out of the Hole</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-37-luring-the-snake-out-of-the-hole/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[While Li Xiao was snatching the Hou family woman, the people of Hou Village had already gathered in the village. A total of more than six hundred people, men and women, young and old, were all here; the atmosphere was quite oppressive. Everyone&#8217;s gaze was fixed on the very front, where there was a slope about two people high. A group of people stood…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 36: Husband, Save Me~</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-36-husband-save-me/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rumble rumble~ On the earth, two teams were galloping at full speed. The Hou Village group in front was fleeing for their lives, looking very wretched. Behind, Li Xiao led more than twenty cavalrymen, split into left and right routes, rapidly flanking the Hou Village group from both sides. Swish~ Accompanied by the shrill whistle of an arrow, a guard at the very back…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 35: Hou Village</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-35-hou-village/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Hou Village. Located forty li east of Sanhe Fortress. It was a medium-sized fortress village with a population of over six hundred. The largest surname in Hou Village was &#8216;Hou&#8217;, and the entire Hou family numbered more than a hundred people. Since fifty years ago, the Hou family had been the greatest power in Hou Village, firmly ruling the entire Hou Village. They even…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 34: Raising an Army with Thirty-Six Suits of Heavy Armor</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-34-raising-an-army-with-thirty-six-suits-of-heavy-armor/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Which age group is most easily incited? Undoubtedly, young people. They are inexperienced in the world, full of longing for the future, and eager to do something big in this turbulent world. They are impulsive in doing things, with a fearless spirit. Once they set their minds on something, their blood easily rushes to their heads, disregarding everything else. They are not yet swayed…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 33: Youths of the Four Fortresses</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-33-youths-of-the-four-fortresses/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Daybreak came, and the thunderstorm that had lasted a day and a night also stopped. The sun revealed its head; today would be a good day. In the camp, the cries of Karluk women also slowly disappeared, and everything seemed to return to calm. But the bloody slaughter had not stopped; all the sins had just begun. In the open space outside Sanhe Fortress,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 32: Thunderous Means, Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-32-thunderous-means-killing-the-chicken-to-scare-the-monkey/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Two days ago, people from Hou Village came to Aslan&#8217;s tribe.&#8221; &#8220;I happened to know some Karluk language, so I was present during the conversation.&#8221; Inside a tent, Wu Dayong knelt on the ground, recounting the situation at that time. Sitting in front of him were the Old Master with an indifferent face and Qin Kaishan covered in murderous aura. &#8220;What did the people…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 31: A Barbaric Era</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-31-a-barbaric-era/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 17:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;A man&#8217;s greatest joy lies in subduing the chaotic masses, defeating enemies, seizing everything they own, riding their fine horses, and taking their beautiful wives and concubines.&#8221; This is a sentence Temujin said in history. War has always been this cruel, especially in environments like the Western Regions and the Mongolian steppe. Without the constraints of morality and rules, the &#8216;evil&#8217; in human nature…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 30: Battle Ends, Weeding Out the Roots</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-30-battle-ends-weeding-out-the-roots/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;The injury isn&#8217;t light.&#8221; After Luo Meng and Erhu crawled into the cellar and carried out a seriously injured and unconscious teenager, placing him flat on the kang, Li Xiao lifted the clothes on the teenager&#8217;s chest. Looking at the wound before him, he shook his head gently. &#8220;He fought with an enemy on horseback and was slashed in the chest from the front…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 29: The Girl of Sanhe Fortress</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-29-the-girl-of-sanhe-fortress/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Most of the Karluks had been eliminated, leaving only a small number of remnants still hiding or fleeing. Flames were rekindled in Sanhe Fortress. Numerous Han soldiers held torches and began to clean up the battlefield. The orange-red flames, symbolizing hope and peace, rose slowly in this misty rainy night, illuminating the entire scene of Sanhe Fortress. Shocking, miserable, bloody. Corpses were scattered everywhere…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 28: The Price of Defeat</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-28-the-price-of-defeat/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The once tranquil grassland had now turned into a scene of carnage. Tents were torn apart, and burning flames still licked at remaining objects, making crackling sounds. Where horses had trampled, mud mixed with blood, forming patches of dark red mire. Some Karluk warhorses ran panic-stricken on the battlefield, their neighs piercing the night sky. And those dead Karluks, most of their eyes stared…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 27: Slaying the General</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-27-slaying-the-general/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Leader!&#8221; &#8220;It&#8217;s the Han people.&#8221; &#8220;There are so many Han people. They&#8217;ve already broken in!&#8221; A Karluk soldier rode up frantically to Aslan, fear still lingering on his face, shouting wildly. In fact, Aslan already knew the Han cavalry had broken into Sanhe Fortress without his subordinate&#8217;s report because Sanhe Fortress itself wasn&#8217;t big. Relying on his war experience, Aslan could even judge the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 26: Spear in Hand, Charging Forward Without Turning Back</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-26-spear-in-hand-charging-forward-without-turning-back/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The slaughter in the Karluk camp continued. Although caught off guard by the four-fortress coalition, the Karluks&#8217; resistance had not ceased in the slightest. A Karluk man lay in ambush on the ground. Seeing an opportunity, he leaped and knocked a young man off his horse. Immediately after, the two began to roll and fight on the ground. Just as the Karluk man gained…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 25: Six Hundred Iron Cavalry, Raid in the Dark Night</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-25-six-hundred-iron-cavalry-raid-in-the-dark-night/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;How is it?&#8221; When Li Dashan and the other two arrived in front of him, the Old Master asked in a deep voice. &#8220;Everything is normal!&#8221; Li Dashan wiped the rain from his face and said. Then he began to report his reconnaissance findings. &#8220;There are about three thousand Karluks in Sanhe Fortress, most of them living in tents outside Sanhe Fortress.&#8221; &#8220;A small…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 24: Four-Fortress Coalition</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rumble~ The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the sound of muffled thunder rang out constantly. The originally drizzling rain became heavier and heavier. It seemed this rain would last all night! After lunch, Li Xiao lay on the bed and fell asleep, only to be awakened by sounds outside at the Zi hour (11 PM-1 AM). The Zi hour, which is 11…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 23: Those Who Submit Prosper, Those Who Resist Perish</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-23-those-who-submit-prosper-those-who-resist-perish/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Gloomy dark clouds blocked the sun, and low rumbles sounded occasionally in the sky. A misty drizzle sprinkled over the earth, washing away the dirt on the ground, but it could not wash clean the sins committed by the Karluks in Sanhe Fortress. Dried blood gathered on the ground again with the wash of rain, flowing into rivers. In the village fortress built of…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 22: The Old Blind Man and the Old Cripple</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-22-the-old-blind-man-and-the-old-cripple/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Early the next morning, the sky was gloomy. A misty drizzle had been falling since last night. The sky was covered with dark clouds, and accompanied by the cool summer breeze, it stirred people&#8217;s hearts. Summer in the Northern Border was just like this, rainy and cool. Amidst this misty drizzle, a cavalry unit of over a hundred men was rapidly advancing toward Hexi…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 21: Nine Forts and Eighteen Villages</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-21-nine-forts-and-eighteen-villages/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sanhe Fortress was breached by the Karluks? When Third Grandpa brought this news back to the village, the shock it caused to the villagers of Hexi Fortress was considerable. &#8220;Is the news confirmed?&#8221; In the evening, everyone gathered at Li Xiao&#8217;s home. The Old Master sat on a chair, looking solemnly at Third Grandpa. Third Grandpa took a ladle, gulped down enough water from…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 20: The Fall of Sanhe Fortress</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-20-the-fall-of-sanhe-fortress/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In the Western Regions, it gets dark late and dawn comes late too. The Chen hour (7-9 AM) was already mostly past, and the sun in the Northern Border had just risen. After a peaceful night, Hexi Fortress gradually became bustling. The sounds of clanging work and shouting while feeding livestock rang out in the village. If one ignored the reality of the Karluk…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 19: This Woman is a Bit Fierce</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-19-this-woman-is-a-bit-fierce/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[A few steps after walking out of the courtyard gate, Li Xiao brought the three of them to Second Uncle&#8217;s house next door. Second Aunt had already taken Erbao and her two daughters to Dragon Heart Island, while Dahu would come over to live with Li Xiao and Erhu. So Second Uncle&#8217;s house was empty, just right for Xiao Yanyan and her two companions.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 18: Life and Death are Fated, Wealth and Honor are Up to Heaven</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-18-life-and-death-are-fated-wealth-and-honor-are-up-to-heaven/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The sky grew increasingly dim, and piles of bonfires were lit in Hexi Fortress, creating a very lively atmosphere. Today&#8217;s victory in battle somewhat dispelled the gloom of the Battle of the Northern Mountains from people&#8217;s hearts, and everyone had a few more smiles on their faces. Women gathered firewood, while men selected several of the most severely injured horses and began to display…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 17: Lord of Hexi Fortress</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-17-lord-of-hexi-fortress/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Brother, you are too amazing! You actually killed nineteen Karluks.&#8221; &#8220;Nineteen! These were nineteen vicious Karluks; how did you kill them!&#8221; The entire Hexi Fortress was in shock and excitement. Erhu, standing beside Li Xiao, was especially excited. He hugged Li Xiao from behind and shouted loudly. Having grown up following behind Li Dalong since childhood, his admiration for Li Xiao at this moment…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 16: Nineteen kills</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-16-nineteen-kills/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Over half an hour later, the people of Hexi Fortress had finally cleaned up the battlefield. Weapons, arrows, warhorses, jerky, and grain were all collected. Whether it was the Karluks or the Khitans, their clothes were stripped clean and taken away. Then, their bellies and chests were cut open with knives. Before long, their corpses would be devoured by wolves and vultures. Sky burial!…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 15: Painting a Big Picture, Hundred Household?</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-15-painting-a-big-picture-hundred-household/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[After telling the Old Master, Li Xiao took some people to the riverside. Actually, after they finished cleaning up there, they would definitely have come over anyway. After all, the Karluks and Khitans had left quite a few good things behind, and Hexi Fortress had no reason to let them go. Upon arriving at the riverside, they found a similarly tragic scene. More than…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 14: Khitan Princess, Xiao Yanyan</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-14-khitan-princess-xiao-yanyan/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Just as Li Xiao was bandaging the Old Master&#8217;s wound, the sound of hoofbeats suddenly rang out in the distance. The able-bodied men of Hexi Fortress, who were cleaning up the battlefield and gathering the Karluk warhorses, instantly stopped their actions and looked up one after another. From the southwest, three people were riding fast toward them. &#8220;It&#8217;s them?&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;re actually still here~&#8221; Li…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 13: Live On Well</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-13-live-on-well/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Several dozen meters away, Tie Tou and another young man were already struggling to hold their own against a Karluk veteran. Just as the Karluk cavalryman used brute force to knock the weapon from Tie Tou&#8217;s hand and prepared to plunge his saber into Tie Tou&#8217;s chest&#8230; Suddenly, his body staggered, his face twisted, and the arm holding the saber instantly became immobile. A…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 12: Brother-Protecting Maniac</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-12-brother-protecting-maniac/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Aligu and the others are all dead.&#8221; &#8220;Their heads were cut off by those Han people.&#8221; &#8220;After them! We cannot let them go.&#8221; &#8220;Ahhh, Huliatai, my brother!&#8221; After the Karluks by the river annihilated all the Khitan warriors, they immediately chased in this direction. But unexpectedly, what they saw was a tragic scene. The forty-plus Karluk cavalry who had split off earlier had all…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 11: First Battle, Double Kill, Terrifyingly Strong</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-11-first-battle-double-kill-terrifyingly-strong/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Looking down from the sky, the two cavalry forces, like two long dragons from the south and north, rapidly rushed toward each other. Warhorses neighed, and dust flew up. But just as the two sides were about to collide, Li Xiao&#8217;s mind went blank, as if he didn&#8217;t know what he was supposed to do at all. He just watched helplessly as the Karluk…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 10: Hexi Iron Cavalry, Charge!</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-10-hexi-iron-cavalry-charge/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Li Xiao and the others hid behind the slope. The Karluks, eager to capture Kunji, didn&#8217;t realize there were people lying in ambush here. When the people of Hexi Fortress appeared on the slope, commanding the high ground and using the favorable terrain for ranged shooting, the Karluks were instantly stunned. In just half a minute, Li Xiao, holding his bow, shot three Karluks…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 9: Dragon</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-9-dragon/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey, these Karluks are chasing this way.&#8221; From the high slope, Li Xiao and the others were surprised to find that after the forty-plus Karluks crossed the river, they did not immediately join the main force to surround the people on the bank. Instead, they galloped in the direction of Li Xiao and his group. It seemed they wanted to continue pursuing the group…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 8: The Men of Hexi Swear Never to Retreat</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-8-the-men-of-hexi-swear-never-to-retreat/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Naiman tribe was a powerful nomadic people living in the western Mongolian Plateau, separated from Jin Prefecture only by the Altai Mountains. According to rumors, the Naimans were the direct descendants of the Turks of old. The Naiman tribe was once a vassal force of Western Liao. However, twenty years ago, the Western Liao Royal Court experienced a very serious internal rebellion. Its…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 7: Blood Debt Paid in Blood</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-7-blood-debt-paid-in-blood/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Throughout the night, the rain over Hexi Fortress fell harder and harder, as if trying to wash away all the sorrow and suffering in the world. However, reality is always so painful. Sin cannot be washed away, and hatred cannot be dissolved. Before dawn, more and more people in Hexi Fortress learned the news. A crushing defeat at the Battle of the Northern Mountains.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 6: Armored Cavalry</title>
            <link>https://gravitytales.com/story/the-golden-clan-rising-to-power-from-the-western-regions/chapter-6-armored-cavalry/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Rumble~ Heavy rain poured from the sky, accompanied by thunder and lightning. The fields all around were pitch black, and everyone&#8217;s eyes were fixed on the figure in front of the gate. It was Tie Tou&#8217;s father, Wang Wu. He should have been out on the expedition with Li Xiao&#8217;s father, but here he was, back at Hexi Fortress. And looking at him, his…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 5: Midnight Visitor</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Da Long has indeed grown up. He&#8217;ll be sixteen after the New Year, not young anymore.&#8221; &#8220;It is time to find him a wife.&#8221; The old lady looked at Li Xiao, her eyes beginning to light up. As soon as this topic was mentioned, the two women immediately found deeper common ground. &#8220;You, as his mother, have to put more heart into this matter.…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 4: Wootz Steel, Getting a Wife?</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[He gently flicked the blade with his finger, and instantly heard a crisp echo. Clang, clang, clang~ Li Xiao smiled with satisfaction; he liked this saber very much. This was precisely the cavalry saber commonly used by cavalry units in later generations. The blade was thick, narrow, and long, with a relatively large curvature and a sharp point suitable for applying force with the…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 3: Hexi Fortress</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Listening to the dispute between Erhu and Sanbao, Li Xiao remained silent on the side. According to his predecessor&#8217;s memories, Li Dalong had always been like this when dealing with his two younger brothers. Only when they had made enough noise would Li Dalong speak up to arbitrate, subduing his two brothers completely. Therefore, Li Dalong&#8217;s prestige among the brothers was very high. Moreover,…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 2: One Dragon, Two Tigers, Two Leopards</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Brother, let&#8217;s go home~&#8221; Hearing the shout, Li Xiao turned his head slightly. It was a young teen, about thirteen or fourteen years old, riding a large jujube-red horse. While shouting at Li Xiao, he galloped toward the flock of sheep with the other children. This boy had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a burly and very robust physique, almost catching up to an…]]></description>
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            <title>The Golden Family Rises, Starting from the Western Regions - Chapter 1: Western Liao, The Cold Wind Approaches</title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 18:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Western Regions, the Northern Border! It was now early summer. All things were reviving. Glaciers melted, and snow water from the Altai Mountains flowed into the Dragon Bone River, cold and clear, nourishing everything. A gentle breeze brushed past, stirring up layers of green waves. On the dense green grassland in the distance, a herd of cattle and sheep grazed leisurely. Not far…]]></description>
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