In fact, the Dark Zone is inhabited by cultivators and forces unwilling to submit to the Zhou Dynasty. It is not a truly lawless place. At least in the southern part of the Dark Zone, near the Zhou Dynasty's borders, it is mainly populated by human cultivators who have their own order.,There is no dominant force near Lake Qiong that calls the shots. Figures like Pei Shifu, Zhong Liang's Recluse, and the previous Xin Family all vie for influence around Lake Qiong, keeping each other in check with a constant rise and fall of power.,Qin Sang nodded. As the guest elder of the Five Elements Alliance, it wasn't difficult for him to request a place for the Xin family within the alliance.。