First Arrival at the Imperial Capital, Prodigies Gather! (Please Follow)

About five hours later.

Everyone keenly sensed that the flying sword seemed to be descending. Their spirits lifted, and they craned their necks to look.

Sure enough, at the distant edge of the horizon, the shadow of a colossal city faintly emerged.

"That is the Central Imperial Capital!"

Vice City Lord Zhou stood with his hands behind his back at the foremost tip of the flying sword. His eyes were deep as an abyss, as though they could see through thousands of miles and take in the entire capital.

The Central Imperial Capital?

Lin Yuan's spirits rose.

He fixed his gaze on it—

A massive three-dimensional city, rooted in the vast plains and rising layer upon layer toward the heavens, stood in towering majesty as it slowly unfolded before them.

Around the outermost perimeter of the Imperial Capital stretched endless Star Pattern fortifications. The city walls were not made of ordinary brick and stone, but forged from refined Star Iron alloy. Faint silver-white starlight flowed across their surfaces, where hundreds of millions of defensive runes were inscribed—enough to withstand a frontal charge from a Stellar Behemoth.

"So huge..."

The flying sword gradually slowed. Everyone finally saw the Imperial Capital in its entirety and cried out in astonishment.

The city before them shattered the conventional flat layout, divided into three regions: ground-level city districts, low-altitude floating corridors, and high-altitude star platforms.

As they drew near the Imperial Capital, everyone could see the boundless streets and bustling avenues below. Broad roads stretched in every direction, intersecting like a vast web, while hovering cars sped through the low sky.

Shops stood row upon row on both sides of the streets: Star-Martial Equipment Shops, Star Beast Exchanges, Starry-Sky Martial Academies, and more, all arranged in neat, orderly ranks.

In midair, countless floating platforms hung