At the very center of Vast Sky City stood a Hall of Harmony and Light, named for the meaning of Harmonizing with the Light, Assimilating with the Dust.
If Vast Sky City was the hub of the Vast Sky Alliance in Soldier Province, then the Hall of Harmony and Light was the hub of that hub, for it was where the Council of Elders held sway.
Whenever any major event occurred in Soldier Province, the Council of Elders would convene to discuss how to handle it. The number of elders on the council was never fixed, sometimes greater, sometimes fewer, because some bore the title of council elder yet remained away from Vast Sky City year-round.
Just like the Sect Master back then.
If not for the future of the disciples under his care, the Sect Master would not have come to the Hall of Harmony and Light at such an age to exhaust himself with toil and worry.
There were not many elders like the Sect Master, but there were several.
On ordinary days, apart from one or two elders left behind to keep watch, the Hall of Harmony and Light was practically deserted. Nor did anyone come to disturb them. The Vast Sky Alliance had its various divisions, and if anything arose, those divisions could resolve it themselves.
The Council of Elders did not actually have many specific matters to oversee. It merely kept a firm grasp on the overall direction.
Yet the Hall of Harmony and Light had its lively occasions as well. Once every three months came the minor council, and once every year came the grand council—when the many upper echelons of the Vast Sky Alliance in Soldier Province gathered together.
Not many attended the minor councils, but at every grand council, the elders of