Those rules had never been meant to restrain the people who made them!
Rustle, rustle...
The vast sky stretched on, and the figure receded into the distance.
All that remained was a landscape of ruins, and the people whose homes stood close to the commercial district, still shaken and lost in a prolonged stupor.
The following day,
once the chain reactions from the upheaval began to settle,
according to the overarching rules observed throughout the Eternal Kingdom,
the shocking destruction caused by this clash—the collapse of the entire Everlasting Joy building, in which numerous financial conglomerates held shares, and the complete destruction of the formations in its surrounding commercial district—
had laid waste to a region spanning over a thousand miles. The Lan Tuo Family and the Divine Lineage were supposed to bear the losses jointly, both held accountable and sharing the cost of reconstruction.
This had been an ironclad rule ever since technological development began in the Eternal Kingdom, unchanged through the ages.
Even members of the Divine Lineage, whose status had always been transcendent, had to honor this tacit agreement. Otherwise, they would be cutting themselves off from the Eternal Kingdom.
Unexpected clashes between powerful individuals and disputes among major factions had always been handled this way.
And everyone had seen that Everlasting Joy's collapse had mainly resulted from the punch Tan Lin threw.
Thus, the question of how responsibility for reconstruction would ultimately be divided had already sparked heated discussion outside.
Yet, after only a few short days,
countless rumors inexplicably began circulating within Heavenly Origin City, eventually spreading through every major circle.
When people learned the final outcome, their reactions varied.
The Lan Tuo Family had actually volunteered to shoulder full responsibility for the battle and every loss involved in reconstruction!
They poured out an