The Eighth City's Immortal Weapon, the Power of Nine Dragons

The Eighth City would serve as a hub for the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven, connecting the cities and opening up trade. It sounded promising.

With the Nether Portal and Kamar-Taj's sorcerers available, the gate floating high above the Eighth City had become little more than decoration. Rather than leave it idle, they might as well put it to use.

The entire Eighth City was now Du Mu's private territory. If K'un-Lun wanted to pass through it to reach the other cities, it would naturally have to pay a toll... No, a customs duty, calculated as a portion of the goods transported.

Lei Kung agreed to the terms without hesitation, sealing the deal on the spot.

Since he had agreed so readily, Du Mu threw in an extra service.

If anyone from K'un-Lun wanted to travel to or from the real world, Kamar-Taj could help. A sorcerer would open a Portal and take them the whole way.

Naturally, that extra service would be billed separately.

Lei Kung's eyes lit up.

Until now, access to the passages between the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven and the real world had depended entirely on a city's ranking in the Heart of Heaven Tournament.

The city that came last had to wait a full eighty-eight years for its passage to open. Even the tournament's winner only earned the right to open a Portal once every ten years. Once that chance passed, it had to wait another ten.

With Kamar-Taj's sorcerers helping them, they could travel between K'un-Lun and the real world whenever they liked. Wasn't that far better than winning the tournament!?

Lei Kung agreed on the spot.

To make things easier to manage, Du Mu built a Relay Station in K'un-Lun and assigned staff to remain there permanently.

Whenever someone from K'un-Lun wanted