Town Lin City

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Town Lin City (鎮林城)
Alias(es)	Lin Fort Village; Lin Fort Town; Slaughter Immortal City
Affiliation	Twin Cities Alliance; Cities Commercial Alliance / Hundred Cities Commercial Alliance
Occupation/Role	Mortal city-state; industrial, commercial, educational, and military center
Status	Active
First Appearance	400

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Lin Fort Village	400	Zhou Ming initiated the Lin Fort Town Project after removing the Lin Family and securing its assets.
Lin Fort Town	400	Immigration efforts raised the settlement above 2,000 residents; within three years, the planned market town was completed beside the forest.
Large Town / Small-City Candidate	403	Its population exceeded 70,000. A 30-li, 30-meter-high city wall and defensive works were built in preparation for formal elevation.
Town Lin City	407	Eight months after reconstruction began, the completed walls and a population exceeding 100,000 allowed the settlement to officially become a city.
Regional Power	407 424 434	Rapid growth, military victories, and commercial expansion made the city the model and driving force behind a wider alliance of cities.

History

Foundation and Expansion

Town Lin City began as Lin Fort Village, a remote forest-edge settlement threatened by wild and mutated beasts. Zhou Ming, acting through Zhang Shanhe, removed the ruling Lin Family and used its remaining resources to launch the Lin Fort Town Project. Although many older villagers were content with village life and doubted the project, younger residents such as Xia Hu, Zhang Jin, and Yang Sheng joined its construction effort. 400

Population was the project’s central requirement. Immigration teams recruited settlers from surrounding villages, sometimes provoking violent resistance; two team members died and Zhou Ming was seriously injured during the most severe clashes. Recruitment ended once the settlement surpassed 2,000 people. Within three years, Lin Fort Village had become the planned market town of Lin Fort Town. 400

City Formation

Lin Fort Town expanded through organized defenses, infrastructure, and trade. The Protect the Village Army was established, guest elders Su Yuanlong and Wang Caifeng were recruited, and craftsmen developed the Godly Arm Crossbow. 401

The Lin-Jin Highway connected the town with Multi-Deer Town and ultimately Jin Rock City after five years of construction. Resistance from settlements along the route was widespread, as many feared that Lin Fort Town would absorb their people and commerce. 403

With more than 70,000 residents, the town began constructing a 30-li-long, 30-meter-high city wall. Once the defenses were completed, it formally adopted the name Town Lin City and surpassed 100,000 inhabitants. 403 407

Golden Development Period

The death of the Core Solidification-stage Netherworld Old Ancestor within the city led outsiders to believe that Town Lin City was protected by an even stronger hidden expert. This reputation deterred hostile forces and gave the young city time to develop. Its unofficial name, Slaughter Immortal City, became more widely known than its formal name in some regions. 407

Over the following five years, the population rose from just over 100,000 to 505,000. Agricultural output grew from 200,000 tons of grain to 1 million tons through animal-powered mechanization, while industrial and alchemical sectors expanded alongside medicinal-herb cultivation and fierce-beast breeding. 407

Conflict with Jin Rock City

Town Lin City’s rise weakened Jin Rock City through population outflow, competitive goods, and military disparity. Jin Rock City’s leading families considered blockading Town Lin City after learning of plans for a railway connection. 408

Rather than retaliating immediately, Zhou Ming offered industrial and commercial concessions, arguing that Town Lin City could not monopolize every industry or resource. Jin Rock City ultimately ended its blockade plans, abandoned its proposed marriage alliance, and resumed cooperation. The resulting Twin Cities Alliance became the foundation for later regional integration. 409 411

War with Red Star Mountain

When Red Star Mountain demanded massive tribute, Town Lin City prepared for war with weapons, supplies, logistics, allies, and civilian volunteers. Hundreds of influential supporters arrived, while 200,000 residents joined the Reserve Legion. 419

The city repelled Red Star Mountain’s punitive forces through traps, Spiritual Essence Cannons, Spiritual Essence Guns, and crossbows. Zhou Ming rejected calls to directly invade the sect, instead choosing to lure further enemy forces into prepared defensive positions. 420 421

After inflicting severe losses on Red Star Mountain, Town Lin City pursued a ceasefire rather than the sect’s destruction. Zhou Ming judged that replacing Red Star Mountain with another occupying force would not improve the city’s security. 423

Development Milestones

Milestone	Recorded Scale	Details
Settlement expansion	Over 2,000 residents	Recruitment stopped after Lin Fort Village had enough population to support town status. 400
Pre-city growth	Over 70,000 residents	The Lin-Jin Highway accelerated trade and population growth. 403
Formal city status	Over 100,000 residents	Town Lin City was officially established after its walls were completed. 407
Golden development period	505,000 residents	Reached after five years of rapid agricultural, industrial, and educational development. 407
Postwar era	Over 1 million residents	The city had become a major regional center by the time Zhou Ming prepared to leave office. 424

Government and Civic Institutions

• Democratic centralism — Town Lin City uses a governance system distinct from the hereditary family rule common in other cities. Zhou Ming explained that authority is structured through collective governance rather than permanent personal ownership. 411
• Term-limited City Lord — The City Lord serves under a fixed-term system. Zhou Ming stepped down after ten years despite opposition from citizens and the 24-member City Council. 424 425
• Yang Zheng’s administration — Yang Zheng was selected and trained as Zhou Ming’s successor, while Zhou Ming remained involved as a council member and advisor on major matters. 424
• Compulsory education — The city implemented nine years of compulsory education and attracted outside students and their families, helping form a local cultivator class. 407
• Da Xian Academy — The city’s cultivation education is supported by the planned Spirit Gathering Tower, intended to raise local Spiritual Essence concentration and accelerate students’ advancement. 425

Economy and Infrastructure

• Lin-Jin Highway — A major road linking Town Lin City toward Jin Rock City, completed after five years despite opposition from intervening settlements. 403
• Rail transport — Railways and tracks support the city’s industrial expansion; a direct railway to Jin Rock City was proposed to deepen economic integration. 408
• Mechanized agriculture — Animal-powered machinery increased farm efficiency by dozens of times and enabled a fivefold increase in grain production. 407
• Industrial development — Major sectors include metallurgy, alchemy-related production, textiles, medicinal-herb cultivation, fierce-beast breeding, and manufactured goods. 407
• Commercial alliances — The Cities Commercial Alliance was designed to share Town Lin City’s technology with other cities in exchange for broader markets, resources, and mutual growth. 424
• Regional model — Thirty-three western cities joined the wider commercial alliance, building railways, workshops, and new industries based on Town Lin City’s development model. 434

Defenses and Security

Protect the Village Army

Town Lin City’s standing military developed from local hunters into a large organized force equipped with advanced ranged weapons.

• The army numbered 3,000 soldiers during the city-wall construction period, each equipped with a Godly Arm Crossbow and several sniper crossbows. 403
• By the conflict with Red Star Mountain, the Protect the Village Army reportedly numbered 50,000 personnel. 417
• An additional 200,000 residents volunteered for the Reserve Legion during the Red Star Mountain crisis. 419

Spiritual Essence Weapons

Town Lin City’s firearms transformed its military position against cultivators.

• Spiritual Essence Cannon — The city possessed 40 cannons; their long-range firepower was considered capable of threatening Core Solidification-stage Immortals. 417
• Spiritual Essence Gun — More than 1,500 smaller weapons were available, with coordinated volleys capable of killing Immortals. 417
• Godly Arm Crossbow — Also called the Defying Heaven · Immortal Slaughtering Crossbow, it was developed to strengthen the town’s defenses against cultivators. 401
• Initial Number — Town Lin City’s first Spiritual Essence Warship, built as an epoch-making aerospace weapons platform. 431

Airspace Control

Immortals and visitors are subject to the city’s airspace regulations.

• The City Defense Army warns incoming flying vessels to maintain altitude, identify their purpose, and avoid sensitive areas such as City Hall. 412
• Immortal visitors can land at the designated Staying Immortal Platform. 417
• Five Immortals were killed for violating Airspace Control Rules, establishing that even powerful cultivators must obey city law. 413

Vulnerabilities

• Town Lin City’s conventional military strength does not fully replace high-level cultivators; it lacked a Spirit Manifestation-stage defender during a later crisis. 440
• Immortal infiltrators stole weapons and blueprints, assassinated body doubles and City Lords, and kidnapped more than 100 scientists and technical personnel. 436
• Spiritual Essence Cannons are highly effective in open conflict but may be less useful against prepared, covert infiltration by powerful cultivators. 423

Relationships

• Zhou Ming / Zhang Shanhe — Founder, long-serving City Lord, architect of the city’s industrialization, defense system, education reforms, and regional commercial alliances. 400 424 425
• Yang Zheng — Zhou Ming’s chosen successor as City Lord; received the Cities Commercial Alliance plan for implementation. 424
• Jin Rock City — Former economic rival whose attempted blockade gave way to cooperation and the Twin Cities Alliance. 408 411
• Red Star Mountain — Sect adversary defeated in two punitive campaigns before entering a ceasefire arrangement with Town Lin City. 421 423
• Gao Xiuzhen — A Core Solidification-stage cultivator and the first local Immortal of Town Lin City; served as vice principal and supported the Spirit Gathering Tower project. 425
• Hundred Cities Commercial Alliance — Regional economic network built around Town Lin City’s technology, infrastructure, and development model. 434

Trivia

• Town Lin City’s more feared nickname, Slaughter Immortal City, originated from the death of the Netherworld Old Ancestor within its boundaries. 407
• The city was once considered a remote, unsafe forest settlement where wild beasts injured farmers every year. 409
• Its residents’ attachment to the city was a major wartime asset; many had personally participated in its transformation from village to metropolis. 419