A ticket is required to enter the city? The blazing sun issues a decree!

Although the Aurora Domain was the Great Domain closest to the Canglin Domain, and the two were right next to each other on the map.

But Lin Mo still had to travel without sleep or rest, shuttling through the pitch-black and monotonous turbulence of the Void Realm for a full day and night before he truly crossed the long barrier between the domains and arrived at his destination!

Rrrrip!

In the hinterland of the Aurora Domain, outside a majestic and boundless giant city, a spatial rift quietly opened, and Lin Mo's slightly travel-worn figure stepped out from it.

"Huu..."

"That was seriously far!"

As soon as he came out, Lin Mo couldn't help but exhale a long breath of stale air, rubbing his throbbing temples with a speechless expression on his face.

"I shuttled through the Void Realm without stopping for an entire day just to barely make it here."

"If I had to rely on flying, I'm afraid it would take at least a week, right?"

Before setting off, he had looked at the map and thought that since he now possessed Void Sword Intent and the ability to traverse distances in a single step, going to a neighboring Great Domain would be a matter of minutes.

Who would have thought that reality would give him such a resounding slap in the face.

The vastness of the Cangxuan Great Realm far exceeded his imagination!

This wasn't just crossing a province; this was far, far further than flying around the equator of Blue Star tens of thousands of times!

"No wonder Revered Master said that even a flying boat would take several months to reach the Holy Land. This map is truly too massive..."

"Whatever, at least I've arrived."

Lin Mo shook his head, having gained a more intuitive understanding of the vastness of the Cangxuan Great Realm.

However, complaints aside, one always had to look forward.

He quickly adjusted his mindset and cast his gaze toward the behemoth entrenched upon the land ahead.

"This must be the legendary Liuguang City, right?"

"Goodness..."

At this sight, Lin Mo's pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly.

He saw that at the end of his line of sight, a giant city, majestic to the point of being indescribable, lay across the horizon like an ancient divine mountain.

The city walls were hundreds of zhang high, entirely forged from some kind of glowing spiritual ore that shimmered brilliantly in the sunlight.

Countless powerful Formation patterns flickered in and out of existence on the surface of the walls, emitting heart-palpitating fluctuations.

Compared to this, Lingyang City, the capital of the Ancient Spirit Dynasty where Lin Mo had previously been, was practically like a rural village.

"Compared to Lingyang City, Liuguang City is probably more than several hundred times larger!"

"Isn't that just absurd?"

Looking at Liuguang City before him, Lin Mo truly felt like his eyes had been opened.

Previously, he had thought that Lingyang City, as the capital of the Ancient Spirit Dynasty, could already be considered majestic and spectacular.

But now, compared to Liuguang City, that was like a small witch meeting a great witch; it wasn't even in the same league!

"From this, one can see just how profound the foundation of this Great Domain is!"

"And this is merely a powerful domain on the edge of Shengyang Prefecture..."

"Then what kind of style must the true Yanyang Holy Land have?"

A trace of anticipation rose in Lin Mo's heart, but at the same time, he became a bit more vigilant.

"It seems the waters here run quite deep!"

"Since I'm a newcomer, it's better to keep a low profile."

Having made up his mind, he did not choose to fly directly into the city to show off. Instead, his figure flickered, and he descended from high altitude, blending into the flow of people heading toward the city gate, prepared to honestly line up to enter the city.

At the city gate, it was bustling with traffic and overflowing with noise.

Two rows of guards clad in silver armor and possessing powerful auras were meticulously checking the passing pedestrians.

Lin Mo sensed them slightly, and his heart tightened.

These guards watching the gate were actually all at the Late Stage of the Spirit Sea Realm!

And the captain leading them was emitting the aura of the Golden Core Realm!

"Tsk, a Golden Core Realm expert guarding the gate..."

"With this setup, they could be a Sect Master back in the Canglin Domain."

Lin Mo clicked his tongue secretly, moving slowly forward with the crowd.

Soon, it was his turn.

"Please stop." A guard stretched out his hand with an expressionless face and said in a business-like manner: "To enter the city, you must pay five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"How much?" Lin Mo was taken aback and instinctively asked in return.

"Five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones." The guard repeated it, his tone remaining flat, as if this were the most natural thing in the world.

Seeing the guard looking so matter-of-fact, Lin Mo didn't say anything.

It wasn't that he felt pained over this little bit of money, he was just a bit surprised.

After all, in the Canglin Domain, entering a city was always free.

He hadn't expected that upon coming to such a big city, even entering the gate required a fee, and it was five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones at that.

One had to know that these five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones were not a small amount for an ordinary Loose Cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm.

He specifically observed from the side and discovered that these guards were not targeting him alone; all Cultivators who wanted to enter the city, regardless of who they were, would honestly take out their Spirit Stones, and no one dared to voice any objection.

"Fine." Since it was the rule, he would abide by it. Lin Mo wasn't here to look for trouble, so he flipped his hand, took out five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and handed them to the other party.

The guard took the Spirit Stones, counted them briefly, and then waved him through. "Please enter."

After successfully entering the city, Lin Mo walked on the wide street and couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle.

"Well, I'll be damned, I have to pay an entrance fee just to get in? Is this the treatment in a big city?"

"I haven't done anything yet, and I've already shelled out five hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones."

"It's only because I have money; if it were a poorer little Cultivator, I'm afraid they wouldn't even be able to cross the threshold of this big city, right?"

For him, that bit of Spirit Stones naturally didn't count for anything. He just felt this experience was quite novel.

After all, back in the Canglin Domain, who would dare to charge him an entrance fee? Wouldn't that be a death wish?

Even the Dynasty Lord Ji Xuan would have to respectfully invite him in upon seeing him!

"This is what they call 'when in Rome, do as the Romans do', I suppose." Lin Mo quipped, then threw the matter to the back of his mind and began to examine the scene inside the city.

However, he didn't know until he looked, and once he looked, it left him a bit dazed.

"This is... too big, right?"

After entering the city, Lin Mo felt somewhat lost instead.

Wide streets crisscrossed like a labyrinth.

The buildings on both sides towered into the clouds, with all sorts of shops, restaurants, and auction houses in a dazzling array, making one's eyes swim.

The level of prosperity here far exceeded his imagination. For a moment, he didn't know which way would be best to go.

"I heard the branch of the Wanyu Merchant Alliance is here, but I can't even find the way."

Lin Mo scratched his head and was just preparing to grab a passerby to ask where the branch of the Wanyu Merchant Alliance was. But before he could take any action. BOOM!!!

An extremely powerful, unrivaled, and terrifying aura appeared above Liuguang City without any warning!

The strength of that aura instantly enveloped the entire giant city, causing countless Cultivators within the city to feel a tremble in their hearts and instinctively look up.

"Hm?!" Lin Mo also abruptly looked up, the expression on his face immediately becoming serious.

"This is... an expert at the Peak of the Void Refinement Realm?!"

Relying on his keen Divine Sense, he instantly sensed that person's Realm. Void Refinement Realm!

And not just someone who had just entered the Void Refinement Realm, but the Peak of the Void Refinement Realm, with an aura of Perfection, likely only a step away from the next major Realm!

"I've only just entered the city, and I've already witnessed an expert at the Peak of the Void Refinement Realm?"

Lin Mo was secretly shocked. What did this mean? It meant that experts of the Void Refinement Realm were not some unseen legends in Liuguang City! It was even possible that this was the norm!

"As expected of a Great Domain, experts are as numerous as clouds; I cannot underestimate them." Lin Mo became even more vigilant.

With the appearance of that Void Refinement Realm expert, the entire Liuguang City instantly quieted down. Countless gazes, filled with awe, curiosity, and shock, simultaneously focused on that figure.

But that person did not pay any heed to the commotion below. He merely scanned the entire city with a serious expression and then raised his hand to cast out a beam of light.

Hum! The beam of light expanded in the wind, turning into a massive curtain of flames that hung in the sky.

Afterwards, a majestic, loud, and slightly urgent voice resounded through the entire Liuguang City via that light curtain!

"I am the Fierce Sword King of the Yanyang Holy Land!"

"Today, the Aurora Domain has encountered a full-scale invasion by the Demon Race army. The defensive line at the border's Zhenyuan Pass has fallen, and the war situation has reached a critical state!"

"The Demon Race is rampant, intending to slaughter our Human Race cities and destroy our Human Race Dao!"

"Therefore, I issue an emergency summons to all Cultivators in the city!"

"All Human Race Cultivators, regardless of background or cultivation level, all have the responsibility to defend the land!"

"At this very moment, the Aurora Domain is in a time of life and death!"

"I hope all fellow Daoists can immediately head to Zhenyuan Pass to resist the Demon Race together and protect our land!!"

As the voice fell, the curtain of flames in the sky shook violently and finally transformed into an ancient, vicissitudinous sun mark that emitted an endlessly scorching aura, deeply branded into the Void Realm!

At that moment, the entire Liuguang City boiled over. Countless Cultivators looked at that mark and let out cries of extreme shock. "This is... the blazing sun summons?!"