East, Celestial Wu City.
Dawn was breaking. The transition between night and day created a strange and marvelous sight: the sky was split in two, the moon setting on one side, the sun rising on the other.
After more than a month of turmoil, Celestial Wu City had finally stabilized.
The unrestricted fighting tournament that had taken place in the East over a month ago was long forgotten, and officials of all ranks had packed the dungeons of the Imperial City Department to the brim.
But if there was one thing the Dao Court did not lack, it was people. In fact, the tournament had caused so many officials to either die suddenly or be demoted that it ironically solved the Dao Court's severe problem of bureaucratic bloat. A large batch of Advanced Scholars from the imperial examinations joyfully took up their new posts, promptly swearing their allegiance to Lü Yang.
By now, everyone had accepted reality.
The time for a new dynasty had come.
