The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 2556: Chapter 2556: The Battle to Change the Balance of Power

In theory, as long as there are sufficient resources and finances, Jing Yan can infinitely expand Hongmeng City. But in reality, when a city expands to a certain extent, various obstacles arise.

For example, if the city is too large, cultivators within the city would spend a lot of time traveling from one end to the other. In cities like Hongmeng City, Jing Yan certainly cannot allow ordinary cultivators to fly freely. In almost all cities of the Heavenly Domain, free flying by cultivators is not allowed.

Of course, there are other factors that are not very important among the obstacles hindering city expansion.

The real unsolvable problem is the city’s defense issue.

The city needs to be protected by layers of formations, and the larger the area covered, the higher the cost of setting up the formation. A formation covering just one building can be easily arranged, but a formation covering an entire city requires many array masters working together and also more time. To set up a large formation capable of covering a city like Hongmeng City, the requirements for arranging it are quite high, and only top array masters can connect many critical points to make the big array operate.

The cost of setting up the formation increases geometrically according to its scale.

Even Jing Yan cannot afford the construction of formation arrangements for unlimited city expansion.

Of course, Hongmeng City’s scale is already the foremost in the entire Heavenly Domain.

Jing Yan stood at the top of the tower for a long time.

It was only when Wuxia appeared at the top of the tower that he turned around.

Long ago, Jing Yan entrusted Hongmeng City to Wuxia for management. Jing Yan is the City Lord, and Wuxia is the Deputy City Lord. And Wuxia’s realm has reached Immortal Venerable Peak thousands of years ago.

After Wuxia became the Deputy City Lord, she no longer directly managed the Hongmeng Pill Tower. Now, the Building Owner of the Hongmeng Pill Tower is Xing Enyang from the original Dongyu Dao. When Xing Enyang first came to Hongmeng City, he was just an ordinary Immortal Pill Master. With guidance from Jing Yan, his abilities in the Alchemy Dao improved rapidly, and now he is already a High Grade Immortal Alchemist.

The strongest Immortal Pill Master at Hongmeng Pill Tower is not Xing Enyang, but because Xing Enyang followed Jing Yan for a long time and has a very steady personality, he is qualified to serve as the Building Owner Headquarters of Hongmeng Pill Tower.

”Wuxia!” Jing Yan looked at Wuxia, smiling.

Wuxia nodded gently.

”A storm is brewing!” Jing Yan’s gaze shifted towards the horizon of Hongmeng City, where a white cloud stretched.

”Jing Yan, will an Immortal Emperor personally make a move?” Wuxia stood beside Jing Yan.

”I don’t know. Hopefully...not! Hongmeng City, currently, cannot withstand the attack of an Immortal Emperor.” Jing Yan’s expression grew more solemn.

”Hmm.” Wuxia’s voice was very light.

”I wonder when they will come. Ru Li said... Yama Palace is gathering many big figures from Kunling Heaven at this time.” Wuxia continued.

”Soon! Very soon! I’ll be here waiting for them.” Jing Yan suddenly laughed, ”Has Meng Kun made a decision?”

Meng Kun, president of the Golden Toad Commerce.

”Still no reply; I can understand him. The victory or defeat of this battle concerns survival. President Meng Kun wants to remain uninvolved, which is commonplace.” Wuxia said.

”This battle is a battle of the pattern. The outcome of this battle will directly change the current power structure of Kunling Heaven. Golden Toad Commerce is one of the strongest forces in the Heavenly Domain, and Meng Kun wants Golden Toad Commerce to stay out of it; that’s impossible. He should also understand this. Wuxia, Meng Kun will agree to join forces with our Hongmeng City.” Jing Yan pursed his lips.

”Why so confident?” Wuxia asked.

”In fact, it’s simple; stepping out of the current situation, it’s not difficult to see that if Hongmeng City is destroyed, then the next target of those people would definitely be Golden Toad Commerce. Over these two thousand years, Golden Toad Commerce has already been bound together with Hongmeng City; it’s not clear-cut just because Meng Kun says he has nothing to do with Hongmeng City.” Jing Yan said.

”That’s indeed the case. Hongmeng City is the force those people most want to eradicate, and Golden Toad Commerce should be the next force they want to destroy.” Wuxia nodded gently again.

Over these two thousand years, forces with interest ties to Hongmeng City are not just a mere few like Golden Toad Commerce. Within the Heavenly Domain, it’s feared that one-fifth to one-fourth of the forces are directly connected to Hongmeng City. Among them, Golden Toad Commerce has the largest reputation and the strongest power. If Hongmeng City falls, then the forces closely aligned with Hongmeng City may also find it hard to escape the fate of reckoning.

Perhaps medium and small-sized forces could escape a disaster, but forces like Golden Toad Commerce will definitely not be spared by those people.

Nowadays, Hongmeng Pill Tower is almost able to contend with the Eight Gods Pill Sect.

The branches of Hongmeng Pill Tower have not yet expanded on a large scale outside the Thunder Domain. However, many forces specially come to the Thunder Domain to procure elixirs from the Hongmeng Pill Tower.

The strength of Hongmeng Pill Tower is unquestionable.

With just High Grade Immortal Pills, Hongmeng Pill Tower has more than a dozen types. In the entire Heavenly Domain, only the Eight Gods Pill Sect has so many High Grade Immortal Pills. Additionally, Hongmeng Pill Tower in Hongmeng City also offers extremely special Divine Pills like Qianhe Zhenye.

Those numerous forces, even knowing that getting close to Hongmeng City may pose certain dangers in the future, they cannot resist the temptation of Hongmeng Pill Tower’s elixirs. Golden Toad Commerce is the best example. In the beginning, Golden Toad Commerce could still maintain distance from Hongmeng City. But as time progressed, this distance naturally dissolved; it’s not something that Meng Kun and other high-level figures can control.

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Yama Palace!

Yama Palace main hall is experiencing the most bustling time in its history.

Thousands of years ago, Yama Palace was a fearsome superpower, but there were almost no forces having close relations with Yama Palace. Neither Tianji Trading House nor Eight Gods Pill Sect, among others, are too close with Yama Palace. Yama Palace also disdains building friendships with other forces.

Yama Palace, by itself, is a unique force within the Heavenly Domain, it does not need to look at anyone’s face.

But since the rise of Hongmeng City, all this changed.

At this moment, in a hall behind the palace, Hateful Sky Palace Master Yu Hentian is listening to reports about recent news and dynamics.

Some giants within Kunling Heaven have arrived at Yama Palace one after another recently. For some heavyweight giants, Yu Hentian personally greeted them, then arranged for them to temporarily stay at Yama Palace.

Because everyone belongs to different forces, these forces’ headquarters are distributed in different regions within the Heavenly Domain, so these giants cannot arrive at Yama Palace at the same time.

The matter they are about to discuss is significant, requiring all participating force leaders to arrive before formal discussions commence.