The outer districts of Abyssal Pearl City were a chaotic, neon-drenched labyrinth of bustling markets, cheap pill pavilions, and multi-tiered pleasure houses. While the inner sectors were heavily regulated by the City Lord's elite guards, the outer rim operated on a looser, far more corrupt set of rules. It was the perfect playground for a young, arrogant master who wished to indulge his basest desires without the suffocating oversight of his father's senior elders.
Hai Ming, the eldest son of City Lord Hai Kuo, considered himself the absolute apex predator of these streets. As a cultivator at the Middle Stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, his martial talent was thoroughly mediocre, heavily propped up by mountains of expensive medicinal baths and forceful spiritual infusions rather than genuine insight. But his cultivation level did not matter in the slightest. His surname was his true weapon.
