After the battle ended, the Second Ancient City had almost become a wasteland.
Broken walls and ruins lay everywhere. Where the arrays had collapsed, the ground was so ravaged it had nearly turned to barren earth.
If Jiang Yun's arrays had not continued to protect most of the ancient city even as they encroached upon it, this land would surely have been destroyed.
As Jiang Yun ceased fighting, the Source Heavenly Patterns and arrays beneath the ground and deep in the stars drew back at once, no longer spreading violently.
The outcome was settled. No one in the Second City could stand against him.
He could slowly encroach upon it, or take his time modifying and rebuilding the ancient city's arrays himself.
Beyond the starry sky, most of the Qi Family and Liu Family cultivators in the rest of the Second Ancient City had scattered and fled.
Even the Saint Kings could not withstand Jiang Yun. The others had still less strength to fight him and were plainly no match.
Jiang Yun did not pursue them. The two families had too many people for him to kill them all.
Instead, he stopped above the ruins and carefully sensed the vast star region.
He wanted to find someone to maintain order and rebuild the Second City.
The Source Ring's explosive popularity in the First City had brought him enormous profits.
Through the Emperor's Tower, he could also transform his Dao into countless forms, tempering himself against the Daos of the many trial-takers and even guardians along the Ancient Road.
All of this required a relatively stable environment: a bustling center of the universe dense with gifted cultivators.
The Starry Sky Ancient Road was the best and most suitable place. Jiang Yun could not simply let it fall into ruin.
Its cultivators