Wang Chen had arrived at Dique Boundary Pass five days ago and had gradually adapted to the unique environment here.
There were eighty-six boundary passes under the jurisdiction of the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance. Classified according to Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow, the pass Wang Chen had been assigned to defend was an Earth-tier boundary pass, spanning roughly five thousand li in every direction.
Boundary passes were realms independent of the Haotian Realm, bordering the void like isolated islands amid a vast ocean.
The Dique Boundary Pass guarded by Wang Chen had one large immortal city and five small-to-medium satellite cities. The latter were spread along the borderlands near the void, serving to prevent and resist invasions by Outer Realm Heavenly Demons.
A boundary pass was essentially a colossal defensive fortress and a necessary route for Outer Realm Heavenly Demons to invade the Haotian Realm. Thus, for thousands upon thousands of years, the war between human cultivators and Heavenly Demons had never truly ceased.
It had not in the past, and it would not in the future!
The main city of the Dique Realm had the highest level of defenses. A Spirit Transformation True Monarch of the Nine Provinces Immortal Alliance stood guard there, along with an elite contingent of Immortal Alliance Dao Soldiers of formidable strength.
The five satellite cities were much inferior. As an outside guest elder, Wang Chen had been assigned to defend one of them, a satellite city named Anyi, assisting the Immortal Alliance Nascent Soul stationed there in fighting Heavenly Demons.
Since Wang Chen was also a Nascent Soul True Immortal, he had been assigned a Cave Mansion in the center of Anyi City upon his arrival. The accompanying benefits were not too bad.
It was simply that the environment at the boundary pass was