Gate of Heavenly Dao (Part 1)

Yongding City, the capital of Xu State.

As the initiator of the Seven Stars, and with city planning inherited from the Yong Dynasty, Yongding's Bureau of Military Affairs was immense. From the outside, it was nearly indistinguishable from an imperial palace. Its square, orderly design strictly followed the principle of a round heaven and square earth. A grand avenue ran from north to south, while every hall was arranged along the central axis, evenly spread along both sides of the road.

The Riding Cloud Hall in the north was the core of the Seven Stars Bureau of Military Affairs. The plan to unite the Six States and establish a unified Bureau of Military Affairs had been discussed and decided here. If its architectural scale still gave the Bureaus of Military Affairs in neighboring states ideas of imitation, then the many formations surrounding the palace were something they could only envy beyond reach.

These formations could not only protect the Bureau of Military Affairs, but also alter the climate and temperature within the palace walls. No matter when one entered this place, it was as pleasant as spring.

When Tianquan Envoy Gao Sheng entered the council chamber, the other four Seven-Star Envoys were already seated at the long table, waiting for him.

This was also one of the Seven Stars Bureau of Military Affairs' distinctive features.

There was no hierarchy among the representatives of the Six States. Thus, the courtly method of deliberation—one person seated high at the head while the others listened below—had been discarded. Everyone sat in a row at a single long table, while the one standing on the platform was instead the less important meeting liaison, usually a disciple of one of the Seven-Star Envoys.

Even so, the cultivators still subconsciously ranked themselves.

For example, the two