After leaving White Expanse Star, Fan Lang had a clear destination in mind and piloted his ship toward a place called Xuanji Fortress.
It was an artificial cosmic fortress of the Aurora God Kingdom, colossal in scale and astonishing in size—even larger than many stars. It could accommodate hundreds of millions of people.
Xuanji Fortress was important in many ways. It was both a military stronghold and a hub for commerce and trade, as well as a place for people to live. Like a heart, it connected the myriad stars around it, with people arriving from every direction each day.
The Aurora God Kingdom had many such fortresses. This was simply the closest one to Fan Lang.
Fan Lang was heading to Xuanji Fortress mainly to obtain legal identities for his group, making it easier for them to move about within the Aurora God Kingdom in the future.
A nation had its laws, and a family had its rules—let alone a system like the Aurora God Kingdom, which had existed for tens of millions of years.
The Aurora God Kingdom had laws covering every aspect of life, requiring everyone to possess an official identity, with identities divided into different ranks.
Those with Higher Status stood above the rest and enjoyed all kinds of privileges and benefits. Those of lower status were the opposite: their lives were as cheap as grass, worth less than nothing, and they lived at the bottom of society.
This division of identity was the embodiment of class, a sharply tiered pyramid.
Fan Lang's group had only just arrived in the Aurora God Kingdom. Forget Higher Status—they did not even possess the lowest-grade identities. They were essentially undocumented residents, which would cause plenty of trouble.
He had originally intended to arrange identities on White Expanse Star, but