The Nine Provinces were vast, and Cloud Province was one of them.
Cloud Province Prefecture City was the heart and vital core of this immortal province.
Within the city, streets were paved with bluestone, soaring eaves seemed to meet the heavens, and spiritual energy was incomparably dense, flowing endlessly through markets and alleyways, nourishing the grass, trees, and living creatures within.
On the long street.
Amid the ceaseless stream of passersby, cultivators, demons, and monsters would occasionally pass through.
The common folk had long grown accustomed to it. They merely watched with a touch of envy, then shook their heads and exchanged a few remarks with their neighbors.
There was not the slightest trace of awe.
Just at that moment.
An elderly figure strolled over at an unhurried pace.
The old man wore a long robe with wide sleeves drifting in the wind, and a faint air of authority showed in his expression.
He was none other than the old City God of Shangyong Commandery, who had come here on business.
He passed through the bustling market and arrived before the Cloud Province Prefecture City God Temple. Stopping there, he gazed at it with a trace of emotion.
The temple stood lofty and imposing, its vermilion gates tightly shut.
Two immortal officials clad in heavy armor stood before the gates, long halberds in hand and murderous expressions on their faces.
The Heavenly Court hung Gao above the nine heavens, looking down upon the ages.
Yet the mortal lives of the Nine Provinces—their daily struggles, births, aging, illness, and deaths—ultimately still needed someone to govern them.
The Cloud Province Prefecture City God Temple was the Gao-ranking yamen overseeing mortal affairs throughout Cloud Province.
Though both were City Gods, the Metropolitan City God of an entire prefecture held the Gao rank of