After three days of flight, the flying vessel arrived at the central seat of King Xi's territory, the Upper Layer's Light Capital.
Together with Yang Capital of the Middle Domain and Huang Capital of the Lower Domain, this place stood as one of the Hao Clan's three capitals. It was also where the Hao Clan had first risen to prominence. The greatest number of old Hao Clan subjects still lived here—people who had once been the most closely tied to the early imperial family.
Yet because of internal struggles for power within the Hao Clan, and after several shifts and reforms of the capital, these old subjects had gradually lost their former standing, long since replaced by newly risen nobles.
Now, they had become King Xi's staunchest supporters, hoping that this royal lord could lead them to reclaim their former power and status.
As soon as the flying vessel neared the city domain, Zhang Yu sensed an omnipresent spiritual force enveloping him. It was far more powerful than what he had felt within Yin Radiance City Domain, and he could already feel tangible pressure.
The blazing sun in the sky watched the ground like an eye, as though monitoring every person below. Across the earth stood enormous creation towers, gathering spiritual force from heaven and ground into a single whole.
It was not difficult to imagine that if other cultivators came here, their power would surely be weakened to an extremely low level. Perhaps only cultivators granted permission could move about freely here.
Yet for a cultivator at his level, the restrictions were not great. He merely felt somewhat oppressed, but he still took great care to restrain his own power.
After all, this was truly the Hao Clan's core heartland, a place where the "Upper Self" might exist. He