As momentous events played out in Revered Ancient, Xu Qing was making his way through the city ruins, with no idea about what was happening so far away. He did notice that the sky seemed a bit more red than normal, but other than that, it seemed like an ordinary day. That redness was so faint it would be hard for anyone to connect it with anything happening in Revered Ancient. After merely glancing up, Xu Qing looked back at the ruined buildings he was traveling through.

The architectural style of these buildings was different from any of the other cities Xu Qing had been in. They were modular and orderly, and from above, the layout of the building structures generally resembled the character 井. There were big structures and small ones, tall ones and short ones. But they were all very neat and organized, making the entire place seem like it had been planned out with much thought. Despite how the entire city had apparently existed since ancient times, it still seemed like a luxurious and fancy place. The tiles on the ground all had lavish designs on them, and many buildings still had spirit stones set into the walls. The streets were paved with white jade, and the canals that existed in the city were lined with gold. That said, all of the beauty of the city was now marred by encroaching mutagen, and had lost much of its...