Outside the Chengtian Sect, guards from the Heavenly Capital families held the gates. Most were from collateral relatives of the Imperial Clan, having cultivated since a young age with superior martial arts manuals. Every three years, they held contests to select the most skilled to join the Imperial Guards, a position of considerable standing.
Today, those qualified to enter the Imperial Path recognized the guards here.
Many even shared drinks with the higher-ups among them.
Regardless of their influence in the Heavenly Capital, today they had to remain outside the Chengtian Sect, preventing those who typically relied on their backgrounds from causing trouble, mixing into the ceremony crowd to create havoc.
Gong Deming lifted his head and saw the fireworks scattering in the sky, brilliant and dazzling. The fragmented fire surged across the night, spreading over a considerable distance before finally vanishing, with faint cheers coming from an unknown direction.
