The capital of Zhao-Qin was a bustling metropolis of roaring traffic and weaving crowds, a portrait of ceaseless prosperity.
Under the desperate containment efforts of the imperial family and Prince Yan, the civil war had been strictly confined to the immortal cultivation world, its tremors prevented from spilling over into the mortal realm. The pedestrians coming and going on the grand avenues had no inkling that a high-stakes game determining the ultimate fate of Zhao-Qin was being played out upon Tianzi Mountain.
Still less did they know that Jiang He, the crown prince who had vanished for months, had now returned to his loyal capital—only to find his entry pass expired and be turned away from the gates by the Bureau of Astrology.
Chapter 734