After slaying the City Lord whose name remained unknown until the end, Dingtian Immortal City fell into Jiang Cheng's hands.

"As newcomers, we were originally worried about having no place to settle."

"Now it seems heaven has bestowed a city upon us."

His words made everyone exuberant with excitement.

"Sect Leader Jiang is absolutely right!"

"Only a benefactor like him could have achieved this."

"Indeed, without Brother Jiang, this would have been a calamity."

"Who would have thought that on the first day of ascension, we'd own an Immortal City? This start must be hundreds of times better than any previous ascenders."

That was indeed the truth.

In the past, ascenders who arrived up here faced the worst fate of being inadvertently killed or enslaved.

Under normal circumstances, one starts as a bottom-tier Loose Cultivator and rises slowly.

The most fortunate are those who coincidentally find their sect elders from the lower realm nearby, and may have even established a power base here.

At that point, they could feasibly become an Inner Sect Disciple or True Disciple.

But compared to this batch of ascenders, the treatment was worlds apart.

Sect Leader Jiang waved his hand, decreeing that the inner city of Dingtian City would from now on be stationed by the Feixian Sect, while the outer city would be jointly governed by various Great Domains.

After all, the city was incredibly vast, and it would be easy to accommodate 120,000 people.

Moreover, they came here to become rulers, not ordinary residents.

The majority of these 120,000 ascenders were already Sect Leader Elders or even Domain Lords, extremely experienced.

Sect Leader Jiang need not worry, as they could manage this place in an orderly fashion on their own.

Soon, the leaders of the various Great Domains demarcated their respective activity areas.

The Immortal Yuan Qi within the city was much denser than outside, and they were reluctant to leave.

Subsequently, they summoned the native inhabitants of the city to inquire about the local situation.

Up until now, their understanding of the Immortal Realm was essentially a blank slate.

The city residents, unaware that these newcomers who seized the city came from the Lower Realm, did not suspect their origins.

It had been ten million years since an ascender appeared, and many residents of the Immortal City were born in the last ten thousand years, completely unaware of the phenomenon of ascenders from the Lower Realm.

They simply thought of them as a group of powerful newcomers.

After all, the capture of an Immortal City was not uncommon in the Immortal Realm.

The previous City Lord himself seized the position by force.

Now, it's merely a change of banners on the city wall.

The native inhabitants, mostly not even True Immortals, were very cooperative with these newly arrived influential figures, answering every query.

Soon, they learned much about the basic situation of the Immortal Realm.

The present Immortal Realm was no longer a singular plane as before.

Since the Chaotic Ruins fell millions of years ago, the Immortal Realm split into three pieces.

With interventions from top-tier Great Powers, the three Immortal Realm continents either rose or sank, eventually forming the Upper, Middle, and Lower Three Immortal Realms.

The Upper Immortal Realm gathered all the Immortal Vein's fortune from the entire Immortal Realm, making Immortal Yuan Power the most concentrated and insight into the Rules much easier.

The Middle Immortal Realm and Lower Immortal Realm fell far behind in comparison.

In the past, Immortal Emperors, Immortal Kings, and True Immortals lived in the same Immortal Realm, but now all the Great Powers have moved to the Upper Immortal Realm.

The lower-tier immortals were left in the Lower Immortal Realm.

Thus, the Immortal Realm became strictly hierarchical and stratified.

Immortal Emperors from the Upper Immortal Realm can still descend to the Lower Immortal Realm, but those from the Lower Immortal Realm can't enter the Middle Immortal Realm, not to mention the Upper Immortal Realm.

This change made Mo Chen, who was once an immortal, extremely uncomfortable.

The Immortal Realm he remembered was not much different from the Lower Realm.

It also had many Noble Sects scattered everywhere, just with much greater power than the Lower Realm.

Now, it was replaced by Immortal Cities.

In the past, a place in the Immortal Realm might have a Daoist Palace Realm or even an Immortal Emperor, not distinctly separate as it is now.

"So in this layer, the strongest are just Profound Immortals?"

"And in the Middle Immortal Realm above, even the weakest are Golden Immortals?"

"No, it's not divided like that."

The native inhabitants queried waved their hands repeatedly.

"If one is born in the Middle Immortal Realm, the chances of staying there are high."

"Unless one's talent is particularly poor, they'll be sent down to the Lower Immortal Realm."

"Yes, some sects are in the Middle Immortal Realm, so their disciples naturally remain there."

"There are also Golden Immortals who have been demoted to the Lower Immortal Realm as punishment."

Everyone looked at each other, realizing that the outlook of the Immortal Realm was vastly different from their imagination.

Is there really such a thing as being demoted?

They originally thought ascending here was the end of their journey and were cheering for the Immortal Yuan Qi they found here. Little did they know it was the worst place in the Immortal Realm.

"Is there any way to ascend to the Upper Immortal Realm?"

Being ascenders, most of them were ambitious and naturally would not be content with the status quo.

"Yes, the Immortal City Ascension Battle."

Through their introduction, everyone gradually understood this only pathway into the Middle Immortal Realm.

Ten million years ago, the Immortal Realm split into three.

At the same time, numerous Immortal Cities rose majestically.

Centered around local Immortal Crystal Veins, they eventually formed the Essence Core of Immortal Cities.

Apart from a few mountain sects and Loose Cultivators, most native inhabitants of the Immortal Realm made an effort to reside inside Immortal Cities.

On usual days, Immortal Cities must not attack each other.

Once every million years, there would be an Immortal City Ascension Battle.

Every Ascension Battle lasts a century, during which Immortal Cities can challenge each other.

Winning increases the score by one, losing decreases it by one, simply and straightforwardly.

The more victories accumulated, the higher the ranking in the entire Lower Immortal Realm.

By the final day, the top ten Immortal Cities in battle scores, along with all their residents, will ascend entirely into the Middle Immortal Realm.

Meanwhile, the last ten in the Middle Immortal Realm's Ascension Battle will fall to the Lower Immortal Realm.

This cycle repeats every million years.

Everyone suddenly understood.

"So there is indeed a chance for promotion, no wonder the previous City Lord wanted us to join the Immortal Martial Army to serve him."

"Looks like he considered us as new blood for his cause."

"How many Immortal Cities are there in the Lower Immortal Realm?"

"There are a total of eighteen million Immortal Cities!"

"What!"

Even Brother Cheng nearly dropped his jaw in astonishment.

"So many?"

And this is just the Lower Immortal Realm.

Just one city alone could govern an area spanning a billion miles.

Eighteen million Immortal Cities, it was unimaginable for them.

Immediately, anger surged within them.

Darn it, the Immortal Realm is so vast, yet it restricts ascenders from the Lower Realm.

Is this necessary?

We only occupy a tiny fraction of the Immortal Realm's space.

On the other hand, they felt a sense of relief.

They initially worried that an Immortal Emperor could descend at any moment to obliterate them.

Now they realized that in such a large place, it would be virtually impossible to find them.

"How many years are left in the current Ascension Battle?"

"Only ten years remain."

"Only ten years? How many victories does the city currently in the first place have?"

"Currently, the top city is Five Seas City, and they have accumulated 157 victories."

"That impressive?"

"Yes, they were relegated from the Middle Immortal Realm last round, so their foundation is much deeper than other Immortal Cities, with as many as 15 Golden Immortals stationed, along with hundreds of Profound Immortals."

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