Tens of thousands of kilometers to the south of the Floating Cloud Mountain Range stood the largest and most prosperous city in the northern region of the Black Mountain Immortal Region, Jade Gathering City.0

In contrast with the cities of the Northern Glacial Immortal Region, which were mostly inhabited by mortals, there were hundreds of immortal powers in Jade Gathering City, including both cultivating clans and sects, and the vast majority of the city's residents were also cultivators.1

Perhaps this was why the Immortal Palace was particularly stringent in its regulation of the city, which was split up into two sections, the outer city and the inner city. All cultivators could access the outer city as they pleased, but there were many restrictions on those wishing to enter the inner city.0

Cultivators below the True Immortal Stage and weren't registered with any of the Black Mountain Immortal Region's local sects were barred from entering the inner city, and that included even local itinerant cultivators.2

Only those who were at least at the High Zenith Stage were free to enter the inner city without having to satisfy any other conditions.10

It was said that an immortal envoy from the...0