(Second update)
Spirit City, Spirit Hall Empire.
Ever since Spirit Hall had raised its army, Spirit City had shaken off its former quiet desolation. As the capital and nerve center of the entire Spirit Hall Empire, it grew more prosperous by the day, with merchants from the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire frequently coming and going.
Yes, you read that right.
Even though the Spirit Hall Empire was fighting the Star Luo Empire on the front lines, enormous profits still drove these fearless merchants to come and trade. By exchanging what each side lacked, they brought live goods desperately needed by the Star Luo Empire back home and reaped handsome rewards.
Pedestrians flowed through the streets in an endless stream.
In all of Spirit City, only two places saw relatively few visitors.
The first was the Papal Hall, where security was exceptionally tight to prevent assassins from the Star Luo Empire from infiltrating and gathering military intelligence.
The second was the Elder Hall. Ever since Grand Consecration Qian Daoliu had returned, he seemed like a different person. He often remained secluded inside the hall, rarely communicating with anyone. Even the other Consecrated could not see him in person.
At that very moment, this Grand Consecration, a figure shrouded in mystery in almost everyone's eyes, sat cross-legged before an enormous Angel Statue, a diamond-shaped gem appearing on his forehead.
He raised his arm, and a drop of blood left his finger, landing on the round, transparent gem embedded in the hilt of the dull, lightless sword before the Angel God Statue.
Qian Daoliu's blood was not pure. On the contrary, it carried only a faint trace of gold, with far more of a chaotic hue mixed into it, exuding an air of disorder and destruction. This was precisely the