Dark Abyss City, within the largest council hall.
The entire hall is constructed with the skull of an ancient giant beast as the main structure, exuding a sense of primitiveness.
At this moment, the atmosphere inside is as tense as iron.
The representatives of demons and human cultivators are lined up on both sides.
The ghostly light pearls embedded in the ceiling cast a pale white glow, illuminating faces that are either fierce or sullen.
Dark Abyss City's centennial council, discussing the selection of council members.
The Sea of Obscurity is relatively lacking in cultivation resources, and a council position holds real power over resource allocation and regional governance, highly contested by many demon kings and cultivators of the Fifth Realm, traditionally a focal point of power struggles among various factions.
Several seasoned demon kings of the Second Nirvana gaze malevolently at Master Qingsong and other human cultivators of the Fifth Realm.
