Three more days passed after the Human Emperor Banner was fully refined. As the whistle of their flight abruptly ceased, a city appeared before them.
Shiheng and Sailiya landed side by side, their feet settling firmly on the broad street of heavy bluestone slabs.
This was a great city in the Life God Realm. Under the restrictions established by Vivian, the Life Sovereign, and the other Overgods, fighting and killing were strictly forbidden throughout the city. Anyone who defied this ban would immediately suffer punishment from the will of the Overgod governing their jurisdiction, or an attack from the city lord, who was at least a Seven-Star Fiend.
Nourished by vitality through endless ages, the stone beneath their feet was smooth and solid, its surface shimmering faintly with the Life Laws, without a trace of demonic energy or bloodshed. Looking up, they saw that this premier city of the Life God Realm ranked among the most prosperous centers even on the Lingmeng Continent of this Higher Plane.
Tier upon tier of towering palaces rose from the ground, their walls interwoven with ancient, lustrous emerald-gold life divine runes. Floating pavilions stretched in great clusters amid seas of clouds. The pure life essence flowing between heaven and earth was gentle yet vast, every wisp far exceeding the limits of a Material Plane.
Along the broad street, beings of every race displayed their myriad forms.
Deities proficient in the Life Laws, ancient spirit races born from plants, and powerful beings of all shapes from different Planes streamed to and fro. Any passerby brushing shoulders with them possessed at least God-level cultivation. Such vast, magnificent prosperity was a sight those in barren Material Planes could never glimpse in their entire lives.
For over a full year, the two had been trapped beneath an Overgod's