“The Generous Pot can absorb wrathful souls from the Panlong Wasteland. Zhong Shengguang, who committed suicide after defeat, would’ve been one of them,” He Lingchuan recalled. “You probably don’t know this, as you came a bit later, but when I first entered the illusion, the Panlong City inside was peaceful, prosperous, and far nicer than even Heishui City. That was when Zhong Shengguang had just arrived to take up his post. That must’ve been his most cherished memory, so the illusion fully recreated Panlong City during its golden age.”0

When reality was too bitter, the only refuge, whether it be for the living or the dead, was a dream of beauty that never was.0

“Then Nian Songyu, along with Sun Fuping, climbed up the wall, fired the artillery, and set the city ablaze. Their main target? The Zhong Residence. That was...0