With the arrival of the Azure Dragon War Academy, peace returned completely to the Primordial Land.
But it also marked the dawn of a new era.
Word that a wider, more powerful world lay beyond the Gate of Myriad Wonders soon spread far and wide through the Half-Step Ancestors of the Forbidden Zone.
The Azure Dragon War Academy had three hundred disciples in all. They remained in the Primordial Land as soul bodies and began exploring in their own way, traveling across the Primordial Land and even the vast void beyond it in search of the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm's deepest secrets.
In the blink of an eye,
a hundred years had passed.
By then, Ancestral City had long since been renamed Azure Dragon City. The Azure Dragon War Banner flew above its walls, marking it as the Azure Dragon War Academy's foothold in the Desolate Ancient Secret Realm.
It had also become the most revered place in the entire realm.
People called it Azure Dragon Holy City.
One of the academy's disciples, Xie Wufeng, became the holy city's first lord.
Before City Lord Xie Wufeng, even the Half-Step Ancestors of the Forbidden Zone had to bow and bend over backward to flatter him.
Fortunately, Xie Wufeng seemed to have a decent temperament.
He was arrogant and looked down on the people of the Primordial Land, but he had no perverse taste for humiliating others.
When he was in a good mood, he would even say a few words about the outside world if someone asked.
As a result, the Half-Step Ancestors who had once hidden themselves away in the Forbidden Zone changed their habits. Whenever they had time, they made their way to Azure Dragon Holy City.
Before long, the two sides had built something of a relationship.
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