Jiangcheng

Biodata

Geography

• West Town — A small town under Jiangcheng’s jurisdiction, located a short distance from the city. Its limited martial-artist garrison was overwhelmed when ferocious beasts suddenly appeared 1 3.
• Jiangling Mountain — Located in central Jiangcheng. Ye Nan uses its deserted summit to practice the Tuling Galaxy Art 33 34.
• Hailin City — Jiangcheng’s neighbor, somewhat superior in size and other respects. A starstone mine on their shared border becomes the subject of an intercity dispute 31 35.
• Southeast City — Southeast Province’s main city and the destination of Jiangcheng’s selected Genius Training Camp students. Even the fastest journey from Jiangcheng takes seven or eight hours 37.

Government and Institutions

• Sun Wu is a Junior Great Grandmaster whose strength places him above Jiangcheng’s other local martial artists 27.
• Zhang Yueshan is a sixth-grade alchemist, introduced as Jiangcheng’s highest-ranking alchemist 11.

Prominent Families

• Wu Family — One of Jiangcheng’s powerful families, led by Grandmaster Wu Kun. The family seeks Ye Nan’s support after learning that he refined an exceptional Blood Battle Pill 22 23 24.
• Ye Family — A middle-ranking family led by Ye Sheng, with businesses and established local connections. Its company obtains a partnership with the Wu Family through Ye Nan’s intervention 15 24 25.

Resources and Economy

• Medicinal herbs — Jiangcheng Middle School maintains a medicine garden on West Town’s back mountain. Its destruction would represent an enormous loss to the school, prompting teachers to help defend it during the beast outbreak 5.
• Pill trade — Ye Nan purchases a Medicinal Fire Pill at the local pill market for 98,000 12.
• Starstone ore — Valuable for forging weapons. Sun Wu’s martial artists regard the acquisition of a starstone mine as a major opportunity for Jiangcheng’s development 35.

History

West Town Beast Outbreak

Ferocious beasts emerged from a small underground catacomb beneath West Town, devastating the streets before Jiangcheng’s reinforcements arrived. Jiangcheng Middle School sent teachers under Fu Yuncheng, while the City Lord’s Mansion dispatched martial artists to suppress the outbreak 3 4 5.

Ye Nan fought through the town and joined the mansion’s martial artists in clearing the catacombs. The combined force wiped out the beasts, and Ye Nan returned to Jiangcheng Middle School afterward 7.

Wang Lingxi’s Search

Wang Lingxi came to Jiangcheng after the Heavenly Mandate Divination foretold that a peerless powerhouse would appear there. Her background remained mysterious even to the city’s higher-ups. She later revealed that the predicted powerhouse was also her future husband; her purpose was to sever those ties and concentrate on cultivation 1 6 27 30.

Ye Nan’s Emergence

Jiangcheng’s Alchemist Alliance discovered Ye Nan’s talent after he refined a Wild Rage Pill using substandard ingredients. His subsequent Blood Battle Pill impressed Zhang Yueshan enough that the alliance leader offered him leadership of the organization. Ye Nan declined because he expected to leave Jiangcheng soon 14 15 20.

At the college entrance examination, Ye Nan registered 81,200 combat power, revealing his Senior Martial Master strength. No candidate in Jiangcheng’s examination history had previously reached the 80,000 threshold. His performance drew Sun Wu’s personal attention 30.

Starstone Mine Dispute

Jiangcheng and Hailin City agreed to settle control of their border starstone mine through a fight between recent college entrance examination students. Sun Wu recruited Ye Nan as Jiangcheng’s representative, offering a general-grade body-tempering art in return 31.

Genius Training Camp Selection

Ye Nan and Wang Lingxi were selected for the Southeast Province Genius Training Camp. Wang Lingxi departed first; Ye Nan traveled alone to Southeast City after resolving the mining dispute 34 37.