The place known as the Nether City was exceedingly mysterious. To be honest, as Li Dai and the other two sat aboard Little Cloud, they had no idea how long they had been traveling northward along the Western Plains toward the Northern Ice Land, nor how many cities they had passed. The deeper they went, the colder it grew. This chill was not simply because the Nether City drew close to the Northern Ice Land, but because the tens of thousands of miles stretching from the Ghost Abyss Forest to the Nether City belonged to a lawless zone. The cities they passed along the Min River all shared a common characteristic: they were perpetually shrouded in haze, with exceptionally heavy yin energy and biting cold. Moreover, these cities were supremely chaotic, truly a realm where strength was paramount. Across this vast expanse of tens of thousands of miles, almost every city was a mixed habitat for humans, demons, and demonic cultivators. Their complex geographical conditions made them ideally suited for the cultivation of humans, demons, and demonic cultivators alike, which explained the mixed populations. Furthermore, the city lords changed frequently; whoever had the capability seized the seat.
The flight speed of Little Cloud carrying Li Dai and her companions was remarkably fast. Even if high-level human cultivators, demonic cultivators, or powerful demons in the cities caught sight of them clearly, none of them had any intention of coming forward to provoke trouble. This allowed …
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