Published: February 3, 2025
In front of the city lord's mansion's dungeon, everyone had an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"We... actually survived?"
"And we can leave safely? Is this real?"
Outside the dungeon, feeling the vast rules of the great path flowing above Southern Origin City, everyone wore a look of relief as if they had escaped a calamity.
From the moment they were captured, they had all believed they were doomed.
"It said inside that our sins are not deep, just forced to do things, so a light punishment was applied."
"Unfortunately, our Emperor Weapons and accumulated Emperor Crystals were all confiscated."
"Being able to live is already good enough."
"Let’s go, hurry and leave this place."
The crowd casually chatted for a bit, each hurriedly leaving, not daring to linger too long, fearing being captured again.
On this day, the ten major dark forces involved, as well as a large number of transcendent beings and great emperors from various factions in Southern Origin City, were all released.
However, many of the treasures they carried were entirely taken away, and even their clothing, if considered a treasure, was stripped away.
Only a small portion of those who were clearly wronged or had not participated in malicious practices were able to retain all their belongings.
The day after everyone was released.
At the entrance of the city lord's mansion.
A judgment assembly facing all of Southern Origin City took place.
In these many epochs, the strong who had committed heinous acts in Southern Origin City and had reached a certain level of wrongdoing were all held in the void, densely packed, beyond counting.
Many of these strong individuals were once the rulers of various major factions in Southern Origin City, each with sins that were grievous.
In front of the people of Southern Origin City, Saroya read aloud the sins of these individuals, and then, under the witness of powers like the Eternal Pavilion and Sky Outside Tower, and enforced by the Divine Might Army of Yong Nation, these sinners were executed one by one, their heads severed, blood flowing like rivers.
In the universe, countless great emperor auras lingered; on this day, more than a quarter of the heads of various forces in Southern Origin City were cut off, their lives taken away.
This profoundly shocked every cultivator present.
Throughout history, in the annals of Southern Origin City, and even in the entire history of the Southern Cosmic Sea, such an event had never happened before—a single judgment beheading the heads of a quarter of a major force, resulting in an unprecedented cleansing.
Under the watchful gaze of the crowd.
Qin Chen floated above Southern Origin City, announcing the policies that would take effect after he took power. His voice rumbled, clearly reaching the ears of every citizen of Southern Origin City.
"Starting today, all resources and facilities of Southern Origin City will be open to any citizen. Anyone who can successfully pass the judgment of sin examination within three days can apply for a formal household registration system. From now on, as long as you are a resident of Southern Origin City, you will be under the protection of Southern Origin City no matter where you go in the cosmic sea."
"Moreover, Southern Origin City will implement a policy of leniency for outgoing residents and strictness for incoming ones. Anyone wishing to renounce their residency can simply not apply for a household registration. Once the deadline is reached, they will lose their residency status on the spot, but they can still reside as neutral visitors in the city, although the policies they enjoy will differ greatly from those of formal residents."
"Additionally, Southern Origin City does not accept a dual residency system; that is, formal residents cannot also be subjects of other factions. Any resident who possesses a household registration from other forces, such as Yong Nation, will automatically have their registration with Southern Origin City canceled..."