With Hua Qingfeng involved, things immediately became different.
How many Ascension Realm experts had existed across the entire continent since ancient times was truly impossible to say, after all, human history was incompletely recorded. Yet throughout human history, Hua Qingfeng had been the only Ascension Realm expert.
His existence represented far too much.
In its earliest days, Tongtian City had been humanity's final line of defense against the Spirit God Clan. At that defensive line, Hua Qingfeng made his final breakthrough and saved all living beings from the fires of war.
It was precisely because of this that Tongtian City's existence carried far too much significance.
After Hua Qingfeng fell, Tongtian City became the object of many forces' covetous eyes. After all, it had been Hua Qingfeng's former residence. What Hua Qingfeng had left behind here in those days was known by no one.
Yet in the end, this city was still seized by Hua Qingfeng's descendants.
Under the management of Hua Qingfeng's descendants, Tongtian City flourished with great fanfare, becoming a force wholly comparable to the Twelve Great Forces.
In truth, there were still some forces like Tongtian City throughout the various regions. For example, Purgatory Gate was not one of the Twelve Great Forces, yet its overall strength was sufficient to rival any one of them.
The Twelve Great Forces represented the strongest forces of the Twelve States. Great River Continent's representative force was the Cloud Sky Sect, so Tongtian City naturally could not rank among the Twelve Great Forces.
Speaking of which, Tongtian City's highest-level strength was actually only one Great Ascension Stage cultivator behind the Cloud Sky Sect. Yet its middle-tier strength was not much weaker than the Cloud Sky Sect's.
Moreover, Tongtian City held one exceptionally important position...
The Human Hub.
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