After leaving the spatial ferry crossing, Lu Heng traveled continuously across the vast lands of the Pill Region for three full days.
The heaven and earth energy of the Central Plains' Pill Region was far denser than that of the Northern Region. In the towns he passed along the way, cultivators wearing alchemist robes could be seen almost everywhere.
The thick morning fog gradually dispersed.
When Lu Heng crossed the last vast mountain plain, a colossal supercity beyond all conventional measure stretched across the horizon where heaven met earth.
Saint Dan City.
As the core heartland of the Central Plains, the entire city was shrouded by an exceptionally heavy spatial barrier.
The city walls stood a hundred zhang tall, constructed entirely from hard black mystic rock and covered in densely packed ancient defensive runes.
The entire Saint Dan City was divided into the Outer Domain, the Inner Domain, and the core Saint Dan City Pill Tower Branch.
Even at the gates of the Outer Domain, a queue several miles long had formed. Experts, alchemists, and convoys from major top forces across the Dou Qi Continent had gathered here.
Lu Heng landed on the open ground outside the city gates, walked through the broad gate passage, and officially entered Saint Dan City's Outer Domain.
The streets were wide enough for ten carriages to travel side by side. Shops lined both sides, selling Sixth-Grade and higher medicinal pills rarely seen outside, high-grade medicinal herbs, and rare Magic Cores of every attribute.
An extremely rich medicinal fragrance filled the air, and a single breath of it made one's meridians feel refreshed.
Lu Heng did not linger long in the Outer Domain markets. His destination was clear.
After passing through the Outer Domain's teleportation formation, Lu Heng arrived at the Core Area of the