Beneath the grand, towering city walls, warm flecks of golden sunlight spilled down, adding a faint golden halo to the otherwise cold walls.
Heaven Dou City occupied an advantageous location, close to both the Star Dou Great Forest and Sunset Forest. For tens of thousands of years, the Heaven Dou Empire had kept its capital here, allowing Heaven Dou City to develop into one of the continent's foremost super-metropolises, with an extraordinary standing across the land.
Yet, like several other great cities, this place was merely a paradise for nobles and the wealthy. To the lower classes, who possessed neither cultivation nor Gold Soul Coins, it was more like a hell filled with oppression and suffering.
Naturally, Shen Hanyu could not feel any of that. After paying the entrance fee, he took Snow Empress's hand and entered the city beneath the envious gazes of the gate guards.
Due to regional differences, this place was vastly different from Element City.
Although Element City was already considered a first-rate major city, it still fell somewhat short before Heaven Dou City. Whether in terms of history or infrastructure, Element City seemed dim by comparison.
Snow Empress surveyed the crowds flowing back and forth around them. Most were lavishly dressed, while even the least impressive were clean and tidy. Stalls lined both sides of the streets, and every kind of shop could be found here. It was far livelier and more prosperous than Element City.
"This place is indeed somewhat different from Element City."
Snow Empress spoke softly.
Shen Hanyu smiled and said,
"Element City does not have so many rules, but this place is different. This is the capital of an empire, representing its face. The filth and ugliness on the surface have all been buried underground, while what is displayed aboveground