Heavenly Vault City is one of the ten royal cities of the Heavenly Revelation Empire.
As soon as Lin An appeared in Heavenly Vault City, he sensed an extremely rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If he were to cultivate here, he would surely achieve twice the results with half the effort.
Even ordinary people who live in Heavenly Vault City year-round can enjoy the benefits of longevity.
The entire Heavenly Vault City is extremely vast, built against the mountain, layer upon layer, with the royal palace at the highest point seemingly connecting with heaven and earth, shining with golden light under the sunlight.
"Let's go, I'll take you to register first, and I'll also introduce you to Heavenly Vault City."
At this moment, Wu Chao spoke up and led everyone outside.
Heavenly Vault City is divided into an inner city and an outer city; we are currently in the inner city.
" Heavenly Vault City is vast, with a population exceeding fifty million, and countless powerful individuals and numerous factions."
"But regardless of which faction it is, they all need to obey the orders of the Prince's Palace."
As they walked, everyone looked around.
While there were quite a few Platinum Realm experts in Guangwu City, Diamond Realm experts were a rare sight.
But in just a short while, they encountered no fewer than ten Diamond Realm experts.
Even the soldiers patrolling the streets are led by the Diamond Realm experts, and the soldiers themselves are at least Platinum Seventh Grade.
The people selling goods on the roadside, even the weakest among them had reached the Gold Realm, and the strongest were even at the Diamond Realm.
Although they were all geniuses, they realized upon arriving in the royal city that they were nothing special at all.
The group walked and stopped frequently along the way, not rushing at all. It took them more than an hour to arrive at a grand hall.
There were already quite a few people in the main hall, who were clearly also geniuses who had come from other Upper City.
The entire hall was extremely quiet, and everyone lined up obediently.
After waiting for another half hour, it was finally their turn.
Wu Chao registered everyone's basic information and quickly received 23 tokens.
"Let's go to the guild hall first."
Wu Chao didn't say much. He led everyone back to the guild hall and arranged their accommodations before speaking.
"These are your identity tokens; I'll keep them safe for you."
"This ceremony is a bit unusual, but I don't know the specifics yet."
"The man who registered us just now only told me to bring my token to the teleportation plaza early tomorrow morning and wait there. He didn't say where we would be teleported to."
Wu Chao looked at everyone and said, "This year's ceremony is uncertain and may be extremely dangerous. If anyone wants to withdraw, there is still time to consider it. Once we depart tomorrow, there will be no chance to regret it."
The expressions on everyone's faces changed slightly. In previous years, it was just a matter of fighting in the ring, but this year it had suddenly changed.
Although fighting in the arena is dangerous, at least they can survive. Unlike now, they don't even know the specific details of the ceremony.
"Alright, everyone go and rest. Don't leave the clubhouse today, just in case anything unexpected happens."
"That gives you a night to think it over, and you can give me your answer tomorrow."
Wu Chao said, "I'll go out and ask around; maybe I can find out more information."
After saying that, Wu Chao also left the guild hall.
"Why did this year's ceremony suddenly change? Could something have happened in the capital?"
"I don't know, since it's basically our first time in the royal city, but the royal palace probably wouldn't send us to our deaths."
"It's unlikely. If they really did that, the impact on the Prince's Mansion would be too great once the news got out. No Upper City would dare send their top talents here in the future."
"I've been to the capital once before, and I didn't pay much attention at first, but now that I think about it, there are noticeably fewer patrols in the city this time compared to last time. Something might really have happened."
Let's see what information Senior Wu Chao can find out.
"..."
The group gathered together to discuss it, but they couldn't reach any conclusion.
Lin An had originally planned to buy some Diamond Tier cultivation techniques after arriving in the royal city, or to see if there were any new secondary professions, but now he decided not to go out, lest any unexpected events occur.
Time passed slowly, and it wasn't until evening that Wu Chao returned from outside with a solemn expression and gathered everyone together.
"I've found out some information," Wu Chao said.
These words immediately drew everyone's attention.
"I spoke with a powerful figure from a family in Heavenly Vault City. Although he didn't say it explicitly, it's very likely that there's a problem with the Sin Abyss, which Heavenly Vault City guards," Wu Chao said.
Sin Abyss?
Most people looked bewildered, but the expressions of the Wu Clan and the Ten Great Clans changed slightly, clearly indicating that they knew something.
Lin An pondered for a moment. He didn't know what the other person meant by "Sin Abyss," but he thought of the game " Sin Abyss."
"Three thousand years ago, our Human Race ended the chaotic era and ushered in the era of the Sin Abyss. The Human Race also established three great empires and used the Abyss of Sin Abyss calendar. Now it is the year 3215 of the Sin Abyss calendar. I'm sure you all know this," Wu Chao said.
Everyone nodded; they knew this basic common sense.
"Although the chaotic era has ended, the Sin Beast still exist, and the establishment of the three great empires was primarily to deal with these Sin Beast."
"The primary function of the Imperial City of the three great empires is to guard the Sin Abyss, which is said to be the source of the Sin Beast."
"As one of the royal cities of our Heavenly Revelation Empire, Heavenly Vault City naturally guards a Sin Abyss."
Wu Chao said, "Based on the information I've gathered, you're most likely heading directly to the Sin Abyss."
Everyone's expression changed drastically.
The Sin Abyss is the source of Sin Beast; they know without a doubt how dangerous it is.
Isn't this sending them to their deaths?
" The Sin Abyss should still be under the control of the royal city, otherwise they wouldn't have allowed you to enter."
"After all, you are all only at the Platinum Realm, some of you haven't even reached Platinum yet, and the Royal City won't expect you to be able to quell the Sin Abyss."
"However, there must have been some problems at Sin Abyss, which made the Prince's Mansion feel a sense of crisis, hence the need to cultivate the younger generation in this way."
"There are definitely dangers, but there are also many benefits. The top ten will get a chance to enter the Spirit Cleansing Pool."
Wu Chao said, "Moreover, it's said that if you win the championship, you'll receive personal guidance from the Heavenly Vault King."
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up.
Although they knew they had no chance of winning, they were still tempted by the reward.
That's the Heavenly Vault King, a legendary King Conferment expert. Even a casual remark from him could make one's future cultivation path incredibly smooth.
"Tonight you can think carefully about whether you want to continue participating in this ceremony," Wu Chao said.
After Wu Chao left, everyone started discussing it animatedly.
Lin An's eyes flashed; he felt that he was only now truly grasping the core of the game " Sin Abyss ".