River
Within Nine Central City's territory, a valley on a floating landmass lay shrouded in gray smoke. This landmass stretched for over a hundred thousand li in every direction, making it one of the smaller ones among the many lands under Nine Central City's jurisdiction.
Like other landmasses, it had towering trees, mountains, rivers, and everything in between. A branch of the Heavenly River also surged through the void and flowed here, linking this landmass to the others under Nine Central City. From the endless heights above, the Heavenly River looked like a waterfall of stars pouring down, a sight of breathtaking grandeur. Its main current flowed through the void, crossing Honghao, Yuxuan, and Nandan's three Heavenly Courts. The branch here in Nine Central City was only one of its many tributaries.
The river's rushing waters brought countless signs of life to Nine Central City. The immortals living on this landmass went about their days as usual, coming and going from taverns and warehouses. Groves of various immortal plants grew in the wilderness, and some lakes were stocked with immortal fish, among other things.
At Lu Xiaotian's level, most of those he encountered were alchemy saints, profound immortals, and beings of even higher realms.
But in truth, throughout the entire Immortal Realm, ordinary true immortals, countless immortals, and even more cultivators who had yet to reach immortality formed the bulk of the population.
Even in Nine Central City, the void was full of dangers that immortals could not withstand. Even true immortals who tried to cross the void to reach other landmasses often lost their lives when things went wrong. As for immortals and cultivators below their level, they were all registered immortal citizens.
Most of these registered immortal citizens never left their home landmass for their entire lives. Only