Spirit Hall Empire, Spirit City.
Spirit City had already stood upon this land when the Heaven Dou Empire was first founded. Built according to a carefully laid plan, it had taken two generations of skilled craftsmen to gradually establish its layout. An outer enclosure was later added, surrounding the entire city.
Spirit City could be divided into three sections. The central section in the north was known as the Papal Hall district, where the pope, cardinals, and the Elder Hall's consecrated masters resided. The southern section was called the Spirit Hall district, where the heads and members of Spirit Hall's various branch halls worked. The outer enclosure surrounded both districts from the east, west, and south, housing commoners and officials while also serving as Spirit City's commercial district.
Spirit City was roughly square, with a perimeter of about sixty li. Sixteen east–west avenues and nine north–south avenues crisscrossed the city, dividing it into numerous rectangular districts. These included the eastern and western markets and several scenic areas, though most were residential neighborhoods.
These districts were called wards, each with its own name. The six streets connecting the three southern gates and the six eastern and western gates were broad main thoroughfares, all over a hundred meters wide. Papal Avenue, which formed the city's central axis, was particularly impressive at two hundred and fifty meters across. Drainage ditches ran along both sides of every street, lined with scholar trees and elms.
Spirit City's spirit master civilization was highly developed, and its industry and commerce flourished. Trade was concentrated in the eastern and western markets, where associations of shops in the same business were called guilds. The eastern market had 360 guilds, while the western market was known as the Golden Market. Merchants buying treasures, taverns, food shops, and pottery vendors could