Wang Clan's Overwhelming Foundation! No Longer What It Once Was

Demon Realm.

Great Qian Defense Zone.

After more than a hundred and fifty years of development, the original Great Qian Defense Zone had long since expanded severalfold in area, while its total population had multiplied who knew how many times over.

Such vast territory, such an enormous population, coupled with increasingly prosperous and developed commerce, had steadily elevated the Demon Realm Defense Zone's economic standing.

To facilitate administration, a hundred years ago, Great Qian had established a special province based on the ten newly opened commanderies within the Great Qian Defense Zone of the Demon Realm, named—Demon-Suppressing Province.

The highest authority of Demon-Suppressing Province was called the Demon-Suppressing Protectorate.

As Great Qian's first prefecture-level administrative unit, the Demon-Suppressing Protectorate held an exceptionally special position within Great Qian. It possessed both military and economic functions, and could be regarded as one of Great Qian's attempts at innovation in its administrative system.

The Protectorate's capital was called Soaring Dragon City.

Soaring Dragon City's predecessor had, in fact, been the main headquarters of the Great Qian Defense Zone in the Demon Realm.

Over the years, owing to its unique geographical location, that headquarters had grown into a colossal city and been renamed Soaring Dragon City.

Soaring Dragon City had witnessed the hardships, blood, and tears of Great Qian's human forebears as they resisted the Devil Race. It had likewise witnessed Great Qian's rise and glory.

As the various functional structures within the city kept expanding, and there was no longer any need for defense, the once-majestic city walls had long been demolished. Only a short section at the outskirts remained as a historical testament.

Within the city, towering buildings stood in dense ranks, broad streets stretched in every direction, railcars and self-driving passenger vehicles streamed back and forth, while flying carriages occasionally swept