They were still in the new year season. In past years, children dressed in new clothes would still be happily running along the streets, playing in the snow. However, for all of Central Continent City’s Yunqin people, this new year lacked the slightest trace of cheerfulness. It was only shrouded in unease and fear.

Yesterday was the twelfth day of the new year. Not only were many stores that should have long opened back up still closed, another intense battle occurred in Tianqi Tavern to the city’s north. According to the news from the royal court, the tavern owner many of Central Continent City’s people were familiar with was a Great Mang spy. However, there were also rumors being spread in secret that this Tianqi Tavern was a place that Green Luan Academy used. Regardless of which news was real, in the end, everyone in Tianqi Tavern died, the casualties including two Divine Adjudicators dressed in red robes, several cultivators from the royal court and many Yunqin soldiers.

These days, bloody battles of varying scales continuously erupted in Central Continent City’s streets and alleys. Rong Family’s consecrators and the Inspector Division cultivators brought...