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Cloudsea City stood upon the blessed land of the Heavenly Gate Peaks.

The terrain rose majestically, its mountain peaks overlapping in endless layers.

A magnificent palace sat atop a peak, glittering like a treasure of heaven and earth.

This palace was called the "Heaven and Earth Terrace."

The Heaven and Earth Terrace had a distinctive architectural style, combining classical elegance with an immortal air.

Golden glazed tiles covered the palace roof, sparkling brilliantly in the sunlight.

Its pillars were carved from rare jade, translucent and crystalline, radiating a faint glow.

The Heaven and Earth Terrace was divided into a main hall and a secondary hall. Almost everyone who had come to the main hall today was a leader of one of the Nine Abyss Sacred Domain's major sects.

They wore blue-green robes and jade crowns, with magical artifacts shimmering with spiritual light adorning their bodies.

The few at their head, in particular, possessed formidable auras and an extraordinary bearing.

In the cultivation world of the Central Heavenly Strategy Dynasty, these were figures who could command the wind and clouds, all leaders of renowned major sects.

At grand gatherings like this in the past, they would have been all smiles, greeting acquaintances, discussing their sects' recent development, and boasting about whatever genius disciples they had recruited.

Today, however, their expressions seemed rather grave. They all belonged to the Nine Abyss Sacred Domain, whose alliance leader had failed in a sneak attack against the Current Emperor and was now imprisoned.

They had been invited here to discuss with the emperor of the Heavenly Strategy Dynasty how Heaven-Topping High Person's case should be handled.

Whether they would pressure the emperor into releasing Heaven-Topping High Person or sever their ties with him would depend on the coming negotiations.

This was hardly the first time