"Lingxiao City."
Gu Jinlai stood before a huge map in the study.
Lingxiao City was one of the twenty-six cities of Star Province.
Its scale could not compare with major cities such as Changjun and Baihe, much less the provincial capital, Starlight City.
But its location was exceedingly ingenious.
Since ancient times, Star Province had been a transportation hub in southern Great Qian. To the north, it connected to Yellow Heaven Sect in Yellow Province; to the west, it linked with Purgatory Demon Sect in Chi Province and Yellow Springs Demon Sect in Bai Province; eastward lay Dragon Sparrow Manor in Jiang Province, while heading south led to Cold Moon Demon Sect in Lan Province.
During times of peace and prosperity, Star Province had flourished increasingly thanks to its convenient transportation. More than a century ago, its population had once reached the astonishing figure of sixty million.
Together with Central Province, Sun Province, and Moon Province, it had been known as one of the four great upper provinces under heaven.
But ever since a hundred years ago, when Demonic Beasts had plunged the world into chaos and Great Qian had declined, the Heavenly Immortal Hall...
Or rather, the Heavenly Demon Hall had risen with the tide, intent on overturning the world and remaking heaven and earth.
Although the Heavenly Demon Hall had been defeated by Great Qian in alliance with the Three Pure Sacred Halls and other orthodox forces, and even the strongest person under heaven at the time, the Heavenly Extremity Emperor, had been slain by the combined efforts of the Three Pure Dao's True Person Wushi, the former Imperial Preceptor Taia, the Abyss Master, and Xuanguang, Great Qian had suffered grievous losses as well. Taia and Xuanguang had died in battle, leaving it powerless to restore order and