Chapter 399: Destiny City (1/2)

After they departed from Dusk Province, Lu Yun and Qing Han took the transportation formation from Outré Province to make their way to Life Province.

Contrary to the almost empty Dusk, Life Province was chock full of cultivators and immortals. As soon as the pair walked out of the transportation formation, they were met with a sky full of immortals rushing about their business. The groups of people were so numerous that they blotted out even the sun.

Being jointly held by the nine majors, ten lands, four immortal seas, and many other major factions, it was only natural that this year’s gathering would attract more attention than the tournament in Dusk.

The precedent three years ago had benefited many cultivators, further enhancing the allure of the repeat occasion. This year, many ancestors of the major factions had left closed door cultivation and ordered their youths to participate in the True Sovereign Meet.

After a month of buildup, the hype for the True Sovereign Meet was about to froth and boil over.

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Destiny City was located in the east of Life Province, fifteen thousand kilometers away from Xiankan. It possessed an extremely long history, as even texts unearthed from ancient tombs mentioned it. It was also one of the few cities to survive the war of immortals.

Eighty thousand years ago, when the divine race had ruled over Nephrite Major, the city was their capital in the major. It was now the second greatest city in Nephrite, and the tenth greatest in the world of immortals. Over time, four satellite cities had formed in each of the cardinal directions of Destiny, making it look as if the city had expanded outward for thousands of kilometers.

On paper, the city lord served the Nephrite court, but they were effectively autonomous. Its city lord was a mysterious heavyweight in the world of immortals.

Destiny was chosen as the venue for the Sovereign Meet. The city spanned a thousand kilometers, but was currently packed to the brim with cultivators and immortals. Among their numbers were reclusive sects, families, and factions who’d distanced themselves from the world.

Some even dated back to the age of the divine race’s rule.

There was barely even room to stand in the city, so it was impossible for Lu Yun and Qing Han to enter, unless they revealed their identity for preferential treatment. Only members of the top factions with high status could enter the city now. Regular cultivators had to do with making camp outside the city.

There were simply billions upon billions of cultivators here.

Since Lu Yun and Qing Han had disguised themselves with the Shapeshifting art, they didn’t intend to enter the city. The tournament hadn’t yet commenced, but information about it was spreading like wildfire.

Much of it stunned even Lu Yun.

Arcane dao immortals had chosen to sever their own cultivation!

Apparently they’d reached peak arcane dao immortal realm, but seeing that origin dao remained out of reach, they’d elected to sever their cultivation, inner energy, and constitution. They returned to the spirit realm, desiring to experience the void realm this time on their journey upward.

In fact, a few had already made it to the void realm!

“Do you think Fairy Mo Yi will attend this year’s Sovereign Meet?” a nearby cultivator asked in an impassioned tone.

“Fairy Mo Yi became an immortal immediately upon ascending to the void realm,” snorted a derisive voice. “Why would she bother to attend a tournament for cultivators?”