Half a month later.
Tower of Reincarnation.
Jushuang City.
It was a great city in the northern reaches of the Tower of Reincarnation, towering atop an enormous sand dune.
The dune stretched far and wide, rising majestically and casting a vast shadow as it wound across the land.
The city had been built along the mountain, its walls winding and curling like a great beast lying in wait.
White was the city's dominant color. Desert plants bristling with tiny thorns dotted the landscape, their emerald green and golden yellow interwoven with vivid crimson, creating a blazing, splendid scene steeped in the character of the desert.
The City Lord's Mansion stood tall and sprawling in the north. Canals wound through its courtyards like ribbons, and crystalline fountains lent it the grandeur of a palace.
The streets were wide and clean, the houses neat and orderly. Passersby streamed through the city, brushing shoulders and sweating so profusely it seemed the sweat might fall like rain. The whole place was especially lively.
At the moment, however, the entire city glimmered beneath the blazing sun with a faint, dark vermilion radiance, like blood dried up over many years.
The city's grand formation had been activated, enveloping Jushuang City completely. People could enter, but none could leave.
At that moment, countless people thronged the city's main streets.
Their clothes and auras marked them as travelers from all corners of the world, utterly different from one another.
Look closely, and one could occasionally spot members of other races among them.
Besides members of the Demon Race bearing traces of beasts, there were also strange, bizarre species beyond imagination.
At that moment, many beings chatted casually about why they had come. "...I heard you can get free pills and spirit stones here. I've been stuck at the