Western Europe, in the central United Kingdom Region beside the North Sea, stood the headquarters of the Dark Council... the Dark Forbidden Capital.
The Dark Forbidden Capital had originally been called Scotty City, merely a large city. As Otherworlders gathered and the dark powers rose, it gradually grew into a great city, then a royal city, then an imperial city. Now it was almost at the level of an imperial capital, and had been renamed the Dark Forbidden Capital.
The blazing sun slanted westward, and heaven and earth were clear. Yet the boundless Dark Forbidden Capital was completely shrouded in clouds so thick and dark that one could not see a hand before one's face. No light, however scorching or dazzling, could reach it.
This vast, dense cloud cover that blotted out the sky and sun was the dark powers' world-renowned "Dark Sky Curtain," a restriction similar to the formations of China Civilization. Besides containing various dark elements that aided dark beings in cultivation, combat, and daily life, it was a powerful protective barrier that separated the Dark Forbidden Capital from the outside world, making it a "peach-blossom paradise" for dark beings!
At that moment, space rippled above the Dark Sky Curtain. A group of more than a dozen people emerged into the air through those ripples as though passing through a curtain of water. They were precisely the three emperors, including Xiao Ying, the six consorts of Great Huan, the three State Commissioners, the Heavenly Charm Marquis, the Martial-Calming King, and the others who had gathered earlier in Purple Radiance Hall in the Nine Dragons Imperial Capital.
Xiao Ying had used the Teleportation Technique to bring everyone from the distant Divine Land of China, making repeated jumps until they arrived above the Dark Forbidden Capital.
"Who goes there?!"
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