Within the Sleeping Foothills City Domain, at its southeastern corner, stood a hundred-story circular platform. The spiritual radiance blooming from it echoed the Great Ring Hall to the north.
This was a Creation structure representing the status of Profound cultivators within the city domain and symbolizing the alliance between the two sides. It was also the primary place where Profound cultivation disciples stayed and cultivated.
Over the past twenty-odd years, the city domain had come to hold not only Profound cultivators from Celestial Xia, but many local disciples as well. However, most of them remained confined to the area around the Sleeping Foothills City Domain.
In the affairs hall high atop the circular platform, Yin Huanting was discussing matters with a group of Profound cultivators. Those seated with him now were all cultivators of the same realm as himself, and all had cultivated back to their former level. There were twenty-two in total, most of whom had experience battling evil gods and Upper Firmament Heaven in the Outer Lodging.
Yin Huanting took out a letter and passed it down for everyone to read. "Zhu Zonghu just summoned me over. King Xi has issued an order to conscript us for the front lines."
After reading the letter, one cultivator below said, "King Xi was bound to turn his attention to us sooner or later. This was expected. The fact that we have been able to accumulate strength for more than twenty years is already a blessing."
Yin Huanting gave a cold laugh. "King Xi did not give us so much time out of kindness. The Sleeping Foothills City Domain is poor and remote, far from the lands of essence. On top of that, it has suffered repeated attacks. It is already no small thing for us to defend ourselves properly. He