Unlike Suotuo City, Heaven Dou City, and Spirit City, cities with histories stretching back who knew how many years, Truth-Seeking City was a new city.
Truth-Seeking City had been built five years ago. Six years ago, a group of people passionate about studying the underlying truths of all things had suddenly appeared on the continent.
Unlike Soul Masters, who studied combinations of martial souls and soul rings, they explored all sorts of questions, such as why pears fell from pear trees rather than flying into the sky.
Truth-Seeking City had been founded by these people, who seemed so out of place on the continent.
At the very center of Truth-Seeking City stood a complex of palaces. This place was called the Material Truth Research Institute, and it was sacred ground in the hearts of the city's residents.
Today, as usual, the breeze was gentle and the sun was bright, and the city's residents were busy with their own affairs.
Yet just then, a sharp crack rang out, and dark clouds instantly shrouded the sky over Truth-Seeking City, where the sun had been shining brightly only a moment before.
Thunder rumbled. In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared, as though the god of thunder had been provoked.
Seeing this, the city's residents hurried home to bring in their laundry.
At the same time, an earth-shaking bolt of lightning shot into the sky, striking at the lightning flickering within the dark clouds.
Inside one of the institute's palaces-or, more precisely, what could now only be called the ruins of a palace-
A figure stood there, his face contorted with rage and his eyes blazing with dazzling lightning.
Behind him appeared the phantom of a titan, its entire body entwined with blue-violet lightning dragons. Its eyes bulged with fury, and it radiated