Qingyun Immortal Realm was the Xianxia world Xu Shi had mentioned before, discovered half a year ago and classified as an S-class city-state.
The name sounded imposing, and it truly was—first, the "cultivators" there were inherently powerful, and second, the territory was vast. By area alone, it was probably four or five times the size of Night Sin City.
Though by the standards of a proper Xianxia world, the region still seemed somewhat small, it had indeed achieved the full package despite its size. Snowy mountains, seas, forests shrouded in miasma, imperial dynasties, and sects—it had everything, carrying the flavor of old-school Xianxia.
It was clear that the Heavenly Principle had done a decent job with its preliminary preparations, restoring this kind of world setting as faithfully as possible.
But accordingly, negotiating with them was no easy task.
For a place so drastically different from most city-states in terms of ideology and culture, getting them to accept things beyond their understanding was rather difficult.
So far, most regions of the Star River Federation resembled different points along the river of history. For instance, the Hualan Empire was in a medieval, quasi-industrial era, Night Sin City was in a hyper-information age, while others were still agricultural feudal states or civilizations at earlier stages. All of them had a clear historical progression to follow.
Those situated later in history could help allies who had yet to develop, and could also look through other city-states' historical records to see what they themselves had once been like. The less developed ones, meanwhile, could learn from the advanced regions' experience and take a few shortcuts to catch up in one step.
But Qingyun Immortal Realm was different. You could say it had a historical backdrop, but they walked the path of cultivation. They had no