Nine Provinces City was a Heaven Grade immortal city built by the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance, and naturally fell under the Alliance's administration.
After thousands of years of development, Nine Provinces City had grown to a scale that ranked among the very greatest in the entire Haotian Realm. Other than the two other Heaven Grade immortal cities, none could compare with it.
To properly govern this colossal immortal city, the Immortal Alliance had established one hundred and twenty-six departments, controlling every aspect of the city's affairs from top to bottom.
If Wang Chen wanted to travel to the lower realm, he first had to submit an application to the Realm Affairs Department.
The Immortal Alliance's Realm Affairs Department governed thirty-nine subordinate realms.
These so-called subordinate realms were small worlds wholly belonging to the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance. The Mountain Sea Realm was one of them.
Precisely because of this, it was exceedingly difficult for Wang Chen to go to the Mountain Sea Realm.
First of all, he was a Rogue Cultivator, with no affiliation, background, or personal connections within any Immortal Alliance faction. If he went directly to the Realm Affairs Department to apply, his request would almost certainly not be approved.
Wei Tongfang frankly admitted that he did not possess such influence either. At most, he could introduce Wang Chen to several cultivators with the right connections.
But even then, success was not guaranteed.
In other words, even if Wang Chen made use of these connections and paid the necessary costs and price, it would still be perfectly normal for his application to be rejected in the end.
After all, subordinate realms were the Immortal Alliance's forbidden preserve. No one was allowed to lay a finger on them. The Realm Affairs Department kept a tight grip on lower-realm quotas,