What Did You Come Here For?

The Land of the Three Kingdoms was probably safe.

It was too remote for any Nascent Soul True Lord to stay long. Second- and third-tier resources were nearly useless to them, and not every faction had the immortal-path industry needed to synthesize higher-tier resources.

Still, if he could avoid a risk, he would.

Jiang Ding's true body flew deeper into the Spiritless Desert. He would choose a place at random and burrow far underground, where even a Spirit Transformation Heavenly Lord would have no hope of finding him.

He would communicate with the outside world through a rigorously encrypted teleportation array.

Nor would that be the end of it.

After a few years, he would leave. Anyone hoping to lie in wait for him was bound to be disappointed.

The other Jiang Ding was a handsome young man in azure robes, a long sword at his waist. He made no attempt to hide as he walked toward Tushan Immortal City.

Before long.

"Long time no see."

Jiang Ding gazed at the immortal city before him, a faintly dazed look on his face.

The Immortal Sect had many cities, as did the Northern Plains. Many were grander and more magnificent than this one, but no city meant more to him.

Every blade of grass, every tree, every brick and tile here had been laid or had sprung to life under his watch.

He crossed more than ten kilometers and reached the city walls.

Cultivators came and went around him, some at Foundation Establishment, others at Qi Refining. Now and then, someone eyed the unfamiliar young face with the greed of a wolf spotting a fat sheep.

After hesitating, they held back and turned to targets that looked easier to prey upon.

The elderly, children, the disabled, and anyone walking alone through