First Arrival in the Imperial Capital, Banners Snapping in the Wind

Seeking Recommendation Tickets

In the distance, the towering hundred-meter walls of Heaven Dou City had already come into view.

The solid granite ramparts and the rows of banners standing atop the walls proclaimed the majesty of the Imperial Capital.

Above and below the city walls, guards in standard-issue iron armor stood solemnly with cold gleaming spears in hand, exuding the sharp air of well-trained elites.

As they drew closer to the walls, they could feel an increasingly blazing tension, like the calm before a storm.

Huge banners hung between the battlements, their gold thread embroidering enormous competition emblems and the words "Advanced Elite Competition," snapping loudly in the wind.

Special soul-tool advertisement boards had been set up on both sides of the city gate, displaying silhouetted emblems of the hot favorites for the championship—Heaven Dou, Star Luo, Martial Soul, and others—drawing frequent stops from the crowds entering the city.

There were noticeably more young soul masters in the uniforms of various academies. They wore their team sashes, their expressions carrying both the excitement of arriving at the great competition for the first time and an unmistakable taut sense of rivalry.

In the air, aside from the Imperial Capital's usual scent of pine soot, there mingled a restless aftercurrent of Soul Power, as though the entire city was gathering strength for the duels soon to come.

Inside the carriage, the seven members of the Golden Generation looked through the windows, taking in the outline of this thousand-year-old Imperial Capital.

The air was thick with a mixture of novelty and tension.

Chu Youwei planted her hands on her hips and was the first to break the silence, her voice carrying its usual bluntness and flair. "Hey, hey, hey! Stop being so gloomy! Look outside!"

"So this is Heaven Dou City? The