Preperations

Although the Western Defense Zone is one of the five major defense zones, most cultivators—except those whose ancestral lands or training centers are near Redwood Island—still prefer to go to Zhou Main City.

After all, Zhou Main City is guarded by Golden Core cultivators.

While the cultivators of Guang'an Prefecture acknowledged the Hartmann Family's strength, in their eyes, a Foundation Establishment expert was nowhere near as formidable as a Golden Core cultivator.

Moreover, with the Eastern Defense Zone securing one victory after another, the dark cloud of war that once loomed over everyone had gradually lifted.

Naturally, this left even fewer reasons for cultivators to relocate to the so-called "backward" Sea View City.

As a result, aside from the 100,000 stationed soldiers and monks, the number of independent and family-affiliated cultivators in Sea View City was fewer than 300,000.