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Zhongzhou, Green Lotus Domain, Green Lotus City!

Although Green Lotus City was vast enough to accommodate over a million people, it had still become exceptionally crowded these past few days. Not only was the city packed to the brim, but even the areas outside it were seas of people.

Sects, independent cultivators, and reclusive experts from all across Zhongzhou had gathered here of their own accord for one reason alone: Liu Xi, the Green Lotus Emperor—the last Dou Di of the Dou Qi Continent—was about to ascend.

What a revered existence a Dou Di was!

Upon the Dou Qi Continent, one could truly do as one pleased. One only had to look at the continent's current state: the Heavenly Alliance's influence extended across all of Zhongzhou and was even gradually expanding beyond it.

Although it had not eradicated the many sects and had even granted them considerable autonomy, there was no denying that a colossal entity now loomed over them all.

The days when one could rely on strength and act however one wished were completely gone.

Forget murder and plunder—even those who oppressed the innocent were watched closely by Heavenly Alliance enforcers. Kill them, exchange their heads for merit, then trade that merit for cultivation methods and resources.

Rumor had it that even Heaven-tier cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and Ninth-grade Pills originating from the Ancient Races could be exchanged for, so long as one had sufficient merit.

Within Green Lotus City.

A vast plaza stood beneath a thousand-zhang statue. Its black hair streamed behind it, its robes fluttered in the wind, giving it an air of carefree elegance.

The plaza had been divided into distinct sections, each occupied by a different faction. Any force able to secure a place here possessed a certain degree of renown throughout the vast