— Several Days Later —
Within Thousand Treasure City, a place where merchants, mortals, and cultivators mingled, the streets thrived with wealth and resources of all kinds from around the world.
On this morning, as business began and people worked to feed their families, a piece of news stole everyone's attention. It overshadowed updates about the latest shipments and even news of newly exploitable scam realms.
The news of the annihilation of the Heaven's Spire Sanctuary drew all attention away from the usual matters that people in this city of wealth would normally care about.
And it was understandable. This was a powerful sect that resided within a secret realm, one of the hidden powers from ages past.
The number of direct casualties in this incident was more than 35,000. Even though it was a powerful hidden sect, the term "hidden" meant that the number of people living within it and serving as disciples and warriors was limited to that scale.
