In Xuanhuang, Xiao Chen had seen magnificent cities that ranked among the grandest in the world, along with splendid mountains and rivers. He could claim to have seen something of the world.
Yet, after entering the Nether Realm...
Only then had he realized how vast heaven and earth truly were.
Vast as Xuanhuang was, beside the boundless Nether Realm, it was as insignificant as a wisp of smoke, a grain of sand in the ocean.
Even the most unremarkable frontier commandery in the Nether Realm possessed far more wonders than Xuanhuang's most dazzling, extraordinary Titan City.
That difference lay not in form, but more in spirit.
At his first sight of Changping Commandery, Xiao Chen felt his horizons thrown wide open, as though he had slipped into a dazzling new world unlike anything he had ever seen.
"See those? Those are Spirit-Seeking Demon Lions. They can scent the spiritual aura of a Spirit Registry. If you tried to enter the city without me guiding you, you'd stumble at the last hurdle and get caught red-handed!"
As they approached the city gates, Gray Three pointed at the two enormous beasts ahead and whispered.
"Spirit-Seeking Demon Lions?" Xiao Chen was astonished.
He had only sensed that the two strange lions were powerful and ferocious, with bloodline power surging within them. He had assumed they were spirit beasts guarding the commandery. Who knew they could also distinguish spirits?
"The Spirit Realm is bursting with inhabitants, yet crossing pigs keep sneaking in without end. Did you think the authorities would just sit back and watch?" Gray Three scoffed.
"Then what means do you have to get me into the city safely?" Xiao Chen immediately grew nervous.
Once discovered by the Nether Realm's authorities, an illegal entrant would face a miserable fate—not only severe punishment,