The Southern Immortal Cultivation World's headquarters.
For reasons unknown, the headquarters had been established in Starry City.
By now, this ancient city had been expanded enormously. Several top-grade spiritual veins had been drawn over, and layer upon layer of defensive formations had been set up.
The city was a cacophony of noise.
The Southern Immortal Cultivation World had more people than the Northern Immortal Cultivation World to begin with. No matter how much the city was expanded, it remained overcrowded.
After all, personal connections mattered everywhere. Although the original rules stipulated that only cultivators at Foundation Establishment or above could reside in the Inner City, while Qi Condensation cultivators and mortals had to build their own accommodations outside the city, enforcement could never be that strict in practice. Gradually, the loopholes grew wider, and anyone with sufficiently powerful connections squeezed into the Inner City.
The bigwigs of the Elder Council turned a blind eye to this. They, too, had family members with low cultivation who needed looking after.
Managing so many cultivators was an enormous undertaking.
Cultivators practiced all manner of bizarre cultivation techniques, and those with eccentric, violent tempers were everywhere. Friction arose constantly, and every day, cultivators died in fights.
Finally, after several Golden Core Cultivators died fighting, things changed.
After some discussion, the Deliberating Elders divided the city into four districts, separating feuding sects and lineages, as well as Heretical Path cultivators and orthodox cultivators. Only then did the situation improve somewhat.
Night.
Atop the highest peak in the center of the city, a Long-Bearded Elder stood on an exquisite stone platform, gazing up at the stars.
This realm had no air pollution of any kind. Its skies had always been exceptionally clear, and so long as the weather was not overcast or rainy, the stars shone