Wutan City

Biodata

Background / History

Wutan City was Xiao Yao's hometown and the Xiao Clan's home for much of the story. Its major clans included the Xiao, Jia Lie, and Ao Ba clans. The Mittel Auction House also operated there 9 59 137 141.

The Xiao Clan's healing medicines gained a growing share of the city's market, while the Mittel Auction House stopped supplying medicinal ingredients to the Jia Lie Clan. Xiao Yao later destroyed the Jia Lie Clan and ordered the Ao Ba Clan to leave within three days. With both rivals gone, the Xiao Clan became Wutan City's dominant power and moved to acquire their shops and marketplaces 63 69 70.

The city later hosted a Jia Nan Academy recruitment event that drew a large crowd 71. Xiao Yao also arranged for the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to guard the Xiao Clan in Wutan City for ten years 102.

During the Soul Hall attack on the Xiao Clan, an invisible barrier prevented clan members from leaving the city. The battle left the Xiao Clan residence in ruins and Wutan City extensively damaged. Afterward, Xiao Yao and Xiao Zhan decided to move the clan to the Imperial Capital 344 349 373 377.

Notable Places

• Xiao Clan residence — The clan's home and the center of the Soul Hall battle; almost none of its buildings remained intact afterward 137 385.
• Jia Lie Clan estate — Reduced to ruins when Xiao Yao exterminated the clan 69 70.
• Mittel Auction House — A source of medicinal supplies and a trading contact for Xiao Yao and the Xiao Clan 63 141.
• City square — Site of Jia Nan Academy's recruitment event 71 81.
• Marketplaces — Commercial areas contested by the major clans; the Xiao Clan sought to acquire its rivals' holdings after their departure 55 70.