Under the concerted efforts of Wan Liugui, Ling Ruogu, Chi Yu, Qi Sha, and others, Southern Capital had restored its original order in just one month.
The city defense formation that had enveloped the city for over a dozen days was shut down.
The high-pressure state within the city was lifted.
A large number of previously closed shops reopened for business.
Countless merchants and families from all over the Southern Region freely entered and exited Southern Capital, bringing personnel circulation and trade goods.
This metropolis, home to thirty million Cultivators and occupying nearly one-fifteenth of the entire Southern Region's population, gradually displayed its deserved prosperity and constantly provided abundant tax revenue to the Territory Lord's Mansion.
However, compared to the gradual restoration of order in Southern Capital, what truly delighted Alkaid was the arrival of personnel, led by Li Hanqiu, from the Nine Cauldrons Sect.
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