Chapter 1358: Intricate Entanglements
Chapter 1358: Intricate Entanglements
Paititi was the legendary City of Gold. The newly built capital of the Tawantin Empire was named after it. To distinguish between the two, the Western Daoist Order and the Tawantin Court called the new capital “New Paititi” while the City of Gold was called “Old Paititi.”Qi Xuansu had once obtained a map from Wang Jiaohe and a key from the Baron, both related to Old Paititi.
The key question was how to enter this City of Gold.
However, this matter could be set aside for now. The immediate priority was New Paititi.
That high-ranking traitor of the Tawantin Court was in New Paititi.
New Paititi could not compare to the Imperial Capital, Jade Capital, and not even to St. York. The situation here was the most complex.
Jade Capital was a city of Daoists, the core of the Daoist Order, and hence entirely dominated by Daoist forces. Likewise, the Imperial Capital was dominated by the Great Xuan Court’s forces.
St. York was somewhat weaker than the Imperial Capital, but it still consisted of two main forces—the Steam Evangelical Sect and the City Council. The Steam Evangelical Sect dominated and the City Council was a secondary force. However, the City Council enjoyed greater independence.
New Paititi had four major factions: the royal family, the military, the priests, and the Western Daoist Order.
One might argue that Jade Capital also had multiple factions, but the situation was entirely different. The three Daoist sects shared many core beliefs, recognizing the Primordial Daoist Ancestor as the founder and the Holy Xuan as the restorer. In contrast, the factions in New Paititi struggled to form such a basic consensus because the Tawantin Empire was essentially a composite of three former empires. The ways in which these three empires fell were all different.