Ancient Sword City lay at the very heart of the Soaring Dragon Continent, occupying its most prosperous and coveted region. The qi here was astonishingly dense—dozens of times richer than anywhere Wang Chen had experienced on the Azure Dragon Continent.
And yet, something about it felt… wrong.
This concentration was not natural.
As Wang Chen walked, his perception extended outward, tracing the invisible currents of energy flowing through the city. The qi did not circulate freely like a living ecosystem. Instead, it moved with rigid precision, as if guided by unseen hands.
A formation…
No—more than that.
It felt like the entire Soaring Dragon Continent was being drained, its qi siphoned from distant lands and forcibly concentrated here, piled layer upon layer into this single region. An artificial abundance, sustained at the cost of everywhere else.
Wang Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.
So that's how they maintain supremacy.
