Four Great Dao Palaces

Meanwhile, outside.

Replicated Lin City hung above the Capital City like a reflection, yet it was not a reflection.

The entire city's people watched the events unfolding overhead in terror. Corpses stripped of their souls lay everywhere.

The living appeared hazy, like flowers seen through mist, yet they could still make out a measure of what was real.

When the golden light erupted, the battle in that region drew everyone's attention.

This was especially true for cultivators. That region was far too extraordinary, situated almost at the deepest point of the "Replicated City." Many cultivators sensed that something momentous was happening and rushed beneath that region, hoping to see clearly.

In the first scene, golden light flashed brilliantly. The Netherwater protecting the city instantly became calm and still, while the yin spirits beneath its surface retreated one after another. It was breathtaking beyond compare.

Countless people cried out in shock, their eyes wide with disbelief.

Compared to ordinary people, cultivators—especially the Empire's top-tier combatants—understood far more.

Lin City Martial Academy was the foundation of the Great Jing Empire, as well as the cradle of Great Jing Empire officials and military generals.

At that moment, atop the Martial Academy's tallest martial arts tower, a white-bearded elder stared at the golden figure slowly advancing beyond the Supernatural Core and narrowed his eyes. "There are countless yin spirits within the Netherwater protecting the city, yet this boy passed through so easily. Who is he?"

"This golden light looks like the Light of Merit!" Behind the white-clothed elder, azure light suddenly flashed, and an elder in dark robes stepped out. He quickly walked to the white-bearded elder's side, his bright gaze fixed on the sky above.

"Is that the visitor from the Western Regions?"

"Judging by his age, he has cultivated for no more