At the end of the day, the whole ID-checking process before entering stores or buildings served as a protective measure. Its primary function was to ensure the safety of the people and goods within the premises.
The system allowed authorities to gauge whether someone posed a potential threat based on their cultivation level. If a person's cultivation was found to exceed that of the strongest individual overseeing the building, they could be refused entry or required to wait for a more powerful cultivator to supervise their stay.
Yone truly felt that these individuals had this continent on top of their palms, everything controlled by them.
Everything was well managed in order to ensure that cultivators weren't able to rob or kill people without suffering instant consequences, which made Yone inwardly bitterly smile.