The matters here concluded, the old city lords Guan Huan, Zhao Long, and Qian Ping took their leave.
As they departed, Qian Ping was already able to produce some tones.
He was the happiest of them all; having lost his tongue for three hundred years, he was overjoyed to have it restored and to be able to speak again today.
After the three left, only Kou Zisong remained.
"Divine Venerable, you will reside here from now on. I will pack up and move out," Kou Zisong said, picking up a few items.
"Move out? Where to?" Chu Tian was taken aback. He had no intention of staying long.
"Originally, when the city lord abdicates, he goes to the old city lord's mansion to live with the old city lord Guan and the others. However, with my family in tow, it's not convenient to disturb their peace. I have my own mansion within the city.
After these fifty years, I've had less time to spend with my family, so I can also relax a bit."
Kou Zisong seemed quite happy, feeling a sense of relief from a heavy burden.
Chu Tian rolled his eyes. So it seemed…
The position of city lord was definitely a thankless task, and he had no intention or desire to be tied down here.
"That's not what I'm asking. I mean, even if I were the city lord, you're still the acting city lord. You can't just throw in the towel, can you? Not a chance…"
As Chu Tian said this, he tossed the seal and the compass to Kou Zisong, and continued,
"I won't be staying here long. To be honest, I'm here to find Gao Kai. Once I find him, I'll be leaving."
Chu Tian sat casually in a chair, his divine sense scanning the city lord's mansion from top to bottom.
He even penetrated a hundred meters beneath the ground but found nothing.
"Divine Venerable is looking for Emperor Heng Dao? He… is here?" Kou Zisong was also stunned.
"Someone said he's here, though I don't know if it's true. Right, send someone to the Tongfu Inn and bring my friends over!"
Chu Tian held the compass he had snatched from Lin Qingyuan, looking at it from every angle.
The compass needle on it was spinning infinitely in a bizarre loop, rotating frantically.
He couldn't figure it out, so he could only ask City Lord Kou to fetch Lin Qingyuan and the others, so that someone taught by his grandfather's direct disciple could take a look.
Kou Zisong acknowledged the request and withdrew immediately.
Everyone left, leaving Chu Tian alone.
Not long after, Kou Zisong brought Lin Qingyuan and the others over.
…
Blue Star, Dragon Country.
The Heavenly Dao World.
The chaotic national war had begun.
This was a month after Chu Tian's departure.
Because the Dragon Country's main city had been captured.
It activated the system, signaling the imminent start of the national war.
At the same time, all national war zones had their main cities, city walls, and defensive attributes.
Reduced by 70%.
Following this, countless war zones captured their main cities.
It must be mentioned that just as Chu Tian and his group were conquering the Dragon Country's main city and entering it.
On the side of the Slaughterer faction, they had gathered the entire faction's strength to attack the City of Satan.
However, when the city wall had only 0.3% health remaining.
Chu Tian's side had already completed their occupation of Dragon City.
The first main city in the world for both factions was taken down by the Inverse God Alliance.
This greatly angered the people on the Slaughterer faction's side.
Once again, the Inverse God Alliance had taken away the highest reward.
Although they ranked second, the reward was not small.
However, the situation of the two factions was different.
The Slaughterer faction had no war zone divisions.
Therefore, the difficulty of attacking the main city was more than 10 times that of the Survivor faction.
This led to their losses being at least 10 times greater than the Survivor faction's.
As a result, the losses were not proportional to the rewards.
All the guilds participating in the main city attack were ruined.
However, their benefit was the activation of the City of Satan.
The Slaughterer faction directly entered a state of faction readiness.
All functions were activated.
As there were no war zone divisions, there was no need to fight a unification war.
They only needed to develop peacefully.
But on the Survivor side, the national war had begun.
A unification war was required to initiate the faction war.
Therefore, the start of the faction war depended on the time of unification for the Survivor faction.
The longer the battle, the more it consumed.
In the end, the losses incurred to achieve unification would inevitably be much greater than those of the Slaughterer faction, who developed peacefully.
When the faction war commenced, the Slaughterer faction would hold the advantage.
In Chu Tian's previous life, he had experienced a national war that lasted for two years.
After the national war, the faction war began, and the Survivors were the weaker party.
They were repeatedly encroached upon by the Slaughterers.
They lost a large amount of territory, and the Slaughterer faction also left that dark world.
They came to the brighter, resource-rich Survivor side.
Until Chu Tian was reborn.
The disadvantage of the Survivor faction had still not been rectified.
The two factions were in constant friction.
However, it was more engaging than at the beginning of the Heavenly Dao World's launch.
Because the two factions met.
They saw each other as red-named players.
Killing each other also yielded rewards.
Therefore, there was no room for peace.
During this period, players leveled up less.
But PKs became more frequent, with more wild skirmishes and encounters.
The PK skill of every player also reached a certain level of improvement.
It also served to vent the humiliation players felt in reality.
The crime rate in the real world had also significantly decreased.
However, it also led to a reduction in evening entertainment activities.
Once the Heavenly Dao World's active period began.
The entire Blue Star was almost deserted.
It was eerily silent.
However, these were all matters for later.
At this very moment, the Inverse God Alliance was facing its greatest crisis.
And Chu Tian's departure once again left Gao Kai, Zhao Lei, and others in a state of frantic concern.
Originally, the development over the past month had been very smooth.
This even included the Southern War Zone: I Am Not Little Horn.
Announcing its allegiance.
The Eastern War Zone: Feather.
Announced a friendly relationship with the Inverse God Alliance.
Only the Western War Zone and the person Chu Tian had fought before remained.
But soon, under duress.
They negotiated with the Inverse God Alliance, ultimately forming an alliance, allowing them to enter Dragon City and continue their development.
This was inevitable.
Because if they did not yield.
They would not be able to enter Dragon City.
Within their own war zones, their levels had reached the cap.
Some players' levels were even higher than the monsters' levels.
To enter high-level dungeons.
A permit from the Dragon City Lord was required.
Only guild members with this permit could enter the dungeon through the dungeon portal.
Otherwise, you couldn't even fight a dungeon.
Without being able to fight dungeons, you couldn't level up or improve your equipment.
Everything would be restricted.
Everyone couldn't wait for the siege battle of Dragon City to begin after one month.
This month was golden time.
And other war zones had already unified.
To be honest, the Inverse God Alliance couldn't wait either.
After one month, the national war would begin.
Relying solely on the people Chu Tian brought from the Northern War Zone, even with all the resources for development.
They would not be able to contend with the combined national strength of the other countries in the national war.
Therefore, when the other side lowered their stance.
The Inverse God Alliance directly accepted.