Zhaoyang City, the Fortune Domain.
As the Five Gods of Wealth Assembly approached, the area around the Fortune Domain had long since become packed with people.
Luxurious Boundary-Crossing Dharma Arks broke through domain passages from all across the Myriad Heavens, filing into this domain enveloped in rich golden spiritual light.
The arks came in all styles: ancient Daoist School immortal vessels adorned with cloud patterns, transports belonging to Federation megacorporations studded all over with spirit stones, and understated flying carriages powered by laws from secluded Federation factions.
Everyone traveling through the passages was a core member of the Five Great Academies, a representative of Federation nobility, or a senior decision-maker from a major corporation.
False Gods, rarely seen under ordinary circumstances, were everywhere here. They traveled through the domain in small groups, occasionally brushing their divine senses against one another to discreetly probe each other's cultivation and reserves.
With the God of Wealth Society facing comprehensive suppression from Taiyi Capital, the convening of the Five Gods of Wealth Assembly showed no sign of desperate decline. Instead, the gathering of so many powers lent it a distinctive air of immortal grandeur, breathing fresh life into its waning fortune.
At the center of the Fortune Domain rose Treasure-Gathering City, a place that brought together countless wondrous sights.
Its walls were built from alternating red gold and white jade. Towers filled the city, and the highest immortal pavilion soared into the clouds, facing the dome of swirling golden radiance at the top of the domain.
Zhou Yao stood inside that pavilion, gazing down at the masses below.
The dignitaries and powerhouses who wielded immense influence in their respective fields now looked like a colorful swarm of ants to him, scurrying along Treasure-Gathering City's crisscrossing streets and lingering among its treasure pavilions and exchanges.