An Old Acquaintance

Though she had been in Immortal Martial City for some time, Shi Lan had only visited Nishang Pavilion once, to have her Moon Extreme Skirt repaired. She had not gone anywhere else.

Immortal Martial City stretched for over a thousand li in every direction. A splendid, thriving city, it was the most prosperous place in Chengtian Domain. At this moment, it held at least eighty percent of the large and small forces in the domain. The demon calamity had brought some disorder, but the city was even more prosperous than before.

The streets were exceptionally wide, nearly a hundred zhang across. All kinds of carriages, their surfaces shimmering with crystalline radiance, rolled along them from time to time. Before each carriage strode extraordinary beasts of every kind, their bodies wreathed in auspicious light and precious luster. Their fearsome auras made the entire street tremble with every slow step.

These beasts were different from the Demon Race. Some had been subdued and tamed, while others had been raised by humans for generations. Carefully nourished with spiritual treasures and precious spirit crystals, they lacked some of the Demon Race's savage bloodlust, yet their strength was greater still.

Shi Lan had never seen such a strange and bustling sight. Her expression barely changed, but her gaze was drawn against her will to one marvel after another. Beside her, Wu Lingkong seemed to have seen it all before; she paid no attention to the passing carriages.

Now and then, streaks of light shot across the sky, trailing long wakes of wind. They all belonged to Heavenly Dipper Realm experts who had opened the profound barrier between life and death. Though an array forbade flight above Immortal Martial City, it could only stop martial artists below the Heavenly Dipper Realm.

Martial artists of the Myriad