I am in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have a demonic beast clone!

The sky was clear and cloudless.

The deep blue sea stretched to the horizon, meeting the equally azure sky. Only the sea breeze, carrying its unique salty and damp scent, caressed the three figures standing on the flying boat.

The flying boat was streamlined and made entirely of a light blue spiritual wood. It was about three zhang long and its hull was engraved with simple wind-controlling and speed-enhancing runes. It was fast but not ostentatious.

On the boat were Zhou Ding, Xin Ruyin, and Xiao Mei, who had come all the way from Kuixing Island.

Zhou Ding stood with his hands behind his back at the bow of the boat, his green robe fluttering slightly in the sea breeze, his gaze calmly fixed on the seemingly endless horizon.

Xin Ruyin sat slightly behind him, holding a tattered jade slip about ancient array patterns in her hands. She was studying it intently, occasionally looking up at the distant sea view or turning her head to whisper a few words to Zhou Ding.

Xiaomei, bored out of her mind, lay on the side of the boat, stretched out a hand, and gathered tiny water droplets at her fingertips, changing shapes as she watched them being blown away by the strong winds created by the speeding boat.

"Son-in-law, how much longer until we arrive? We've been flying for almost three months! I'm sick of seeing the sea, the sky, and the clouds!"

Xiaomei finally couldn't hold back any longer and complained for the umpteenth time. Her little face scrunched up, and her voice was drawn out, filled with deep weariness.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ding withdrew his gaze from the distance, turned to look at her, and a helpless smile appeared on his face.

This girl's personality is still so unconventional.

He said gently, "We'll be there soon. According to the nautical chart, we've entered the core area of ​​the inner sea and are not far from 'Tianxing Island,' where Tianxing City is located. Be patient."

"Almost there, almost there, son-in-law, you always say that!"

Xiaomei pouted, clearly immune to this answer. "You said it would be soon last month too, but we've been flying for another month! This sea is so vast! I feel like we'll never reach the end."

Xin Ruyin raised her head from the jade slip, looked at Xiaomei gently, and said softly, "Xiaomei, calm down. The path of cultivation is inherently a long and lonely journey. This endless sea is a good opportunity to temper your character and appreciate the vastness of the world. Look at this sea and sky merging into one, the waves are magnificent, and it contains endless Daoist wisdom. Instead of complaining, calm your mind and appreciate this scene. Perhaps you can gain something from it."

"Miss, I understand the reasoning, but... after seeing this scenery for three months, even the best scenery gets boring."

Xiao Mei looked distressed, but she knew Xin Ruyin was right. She could only lean back onto the ship's railing and mutter, "I wonder what Tianxing City looks like, and whether it's really as magical as the legends say..."

Since leaving Kuixing Island, they have been piloting their flying boat along the safer routes of the inner sea, traveling day and night, and indeed, three whole months have passed.

Such a long journey, while not depleting their magical power, inevitably caused mental boredom and fatigue for the three who were not weak in cultivation.

Fortunately, the journey was relatively smooth. With the presence of two Core Formation cultivators, Zhou Ding and Xin Ruyin, their aura was enough to deter most villains, and they did not encounter any ignorant cultivators along the way.

Occasionally, a few low-level monsters that were blind and strayed into the flight path area would attack, but Zhou Ding would easily deal with them, and they would become Xiao Jin's snacks or a source of refining materials.

Besides that, there are only the blue sky, the azure sea, the flying boats, and that seemingly unreachable other shore, day after day.

Such a long and monotonous journey was a first for the three of them, who were used to cultivating peacefully on Lingmu Peak and occasionally dealing with trivial matters.

Fortunately, all three were quite powerful. Zhou Ding and Xin Ruyin were naturally strong, and Xiao Mei was already in the late Foundation Establishment stage with abundant magical power, which enabled them to withstand such a drain.

If it were a cultivator with a slightly lower level of cultivation, they would probably already be exhausted, both physically and mentally, and would need to frequently find islands to stop and rest.

And so, several more days of this monotonous flight passed.

On this day, in the afternoon, the sun was blazing, making the sea surface shimmer and sparkle, as if countless tiny golden scales had been sprinkled on it.

Zhou Ding stood at the bow of the ship, his powerful divine sense constantly probing the sea ahead.

Suddenly, his expression shifted slightly, and his gaze instantly focused, fixed on the distant horizon where the sea and sky met.

There, at the very edge of the horizon, between the azure and the azure, a faint, indistinct "black dot" appeared, almost imperceptible without close inspection, unlike any other island.

The black dot was extremely small, but in Zhou Ding's divine sense, which far surpassed that of his peers, it faintly revealed an indescribable, majestic, profound, and unparalleled "power" that seemed capable of suppressing a region of heaven and earth!

It was as if it were not an island, but a primordial beast lurking between the sea and the sky, its mere outline revealing an awe-inspiring majesty that commanded respect.

"Look there."

Zhou Ding's voice carried a long-lost tremor as he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the blurry black dot, "Tianxing City... we're almost there."

His voice wasn't loud, but it instantly dispelled the fatigue and boredom that Xin Ruyin and Xiao Mei had accumulated over the past few months.

The two of them looked up almost simultaneously, gazing into the distance in the direction he was pointing.

A strange light flashed in Xin Ruyin's beautiful eyes. With her Core Formation stage eyesight, she could barely catch a glimpse of that blurry black dot.

Although she couldn't see it clearly, the proportion of the sea and sky occupied by the black dot, and the magnificent aura it exuded, so different from ordinary islands, as if it could draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather towards it, filled her with an indescribable anticipation and awe.

Is this Tianxing City?

As expected, it lived up to its reputation; even a distant silhouette was enough to display a magnificent spectacle.

"Where? Where? Let me see!"

Xiaomei instantly perked up, jumped up, stood on tiptoe, put her little hand on her brow bone, and squinted as she desperately looked ahead.

With her late-stage Foundation Establishment level divine sense, she could see something even more blurry than Xin Ruyin, but she could still vaguely make out an unusual little dot on the horizon.

But that's enough!

All her boredom and complaints vanished instantly, replaced by excitement and curiosity.

"Young master! Miss! I think I see it! Is it that little black dot? Wow! Is that Tianxing City? It looks so big! So far away!"

Xin Ruyin withdrew her gaze, a gentle and expectant smile appearing on her face. She nodded lightly, "Yes, this should be it. I never thought I would actually have the chance to see Tianxing City with my own eyes."

She had long heard of this legendary first giant city in the Chaotic Star Sea and yearned for it.

Now that she was about to see it with her own eyes, even with her calm nature, she couldn't help but feel a little excited, looking forward to witnessing the prosperity and wonder of this holy land of cultivation.

A look of anticipation also flashed in Zhou Ding's eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

Tianxing City, we're finally almost there.

At the heart of this chaotic starry sea, the headquarters of the Star Palace, lies a super city that gathers countless cultivators, resources, information, and opportunities.

For him, this place was not only an excellent hiding place to avoid the threat of the Reverse Star Alliance, but also an unprecedented treasure trove where he and Xiao Jin could fully utilize their "Heavenly Hearing Technique" to find treasure!

Given Tianxing City's large population and rapid resource flow, there must be countless undiscovered treasures radiating various colors of light hidden within!

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement.

As the airship continued its high-speed journey, the blurry black dot on the horizon gradually enlarged at a visible speed, and its outline became clearer.

One hour, two hours... As the sun began to slant slightly in the west, the "black dot" had expanded into a vast, unimaginably huge "black shadow" that occupied half of the field of vision!

When everyone was finally able to see the full picture of that "shadow," even Zhou Ding, a transmigrator who had lived two lives and was used to seeing skyscrapers and megacities in his previous life, and Xin Ruyin, a Core Formation cultivator with a calm and collected temperament, couldn't help but gasp. Their pupils contracted slightly, and their faces revealed an undisguised shock that came from the depths of their souls!

Xiaomei let out a startled "Ah!" Her mouth gaped open, her eyes widened, and she could hardly believe what she was seeing.

That was definitely not the "island" or "city" they imagined in any ordinary sense!

It was a "city in the sky," a "city on the mountaintop," that was beyond description, clinging to a colossal mountain that stretched to the heavens and the earth, so vast that it made one's soul tremble!

Even though it was still hundreds of miles away, an indescribable, magnificent, vast, and ancient aura, as if it had gathered endless years and great power, was already like a real tsunami, surging and crashing towards us!

It makes people involuntarily hold their breath, feel awe, and even feel as insignificant as dust.

As they drew closer, the entirety of the giant city was finally revealed to them without reservation.

On the vast, boundless blue sea, an island of immeasurable size stands majestically.

The island itself is already incredibly large, but what is most awe-inspiring is the towering mountain in the center of the island, which seems to support the sky, soaring into the clouds, with no visible peak, and its entire body is a strange bluish-black color, exuding a mixed luster of metal and rock!

The giant peak is enormous, with a base diameter of at least several hundred miles. It pierces straight up to the sky, its upper half completely hidden in layers of ever-present spiritual mist and sea of ​​clouds, making its summit invisible, as if it truly connects to the heavens above.

The so-called "Celestial Star City" is built around this incredible towering mountain as its absolute core and foundation. Like the most exquisite spiral, or a miracle carved by gods, it is built around the entire mountain in circles, layers, and endless layers!

Starting from the base of the giant mountain that juts out into the sea and connects with the island, countless buildings of different styles, exquisite shapes, and grand scales, like vines and moss clinging to a sacred tree, or scales growing on a giant's body, seamlessly and layer upon layer, cover every inch of the mountain surface as far as the eye can see, and continue to spread upwards, reaching into the clouds and disappearing into the depths of the spiritual mist, seemingly without end!

The sheer variety of these buildings is dazzling: there are towering palaces, dozens of feet high, resplendent in gold and green, with glazed tiles and white jade steps; there are ancient and dignified mansions with flying eaves and brackets, exuding a natural Taoist charm; there are exquisite and elegant gardens with pavilions, terraces, bridges, and flowing water; there are bustling and noisy commercial streets with signs and crowds of people; and there are also a large number of neatly arranged, seemingly ordinary but full of spiritual energy residential caves and courtyards... They are intertwined and staggered, yet perfectly combined under an indescribable grand plan, forming this spiraling, three-dimensional megacity.

Each "spiral" is a wide and flat "mountain avenue" that encircles the mountain. Buildings line both sides of the avenue, including shops, markets, inns, teahouses, auction houses, sect residences, family mansions, and more.

Between each floor, there are countless staircases, corridors, cable cars, and even short-distance teleportation arrays that are straight, spiral, or hidden, forming a three-dimensional and complex transportation network.

From the base of the giant mountain to the sea of ​​clouds that cannot be penetrated by sight, there are countless layers of this "spiral"!

The entire mountain, except for a few steep and unusable cliffs, is almost completely covered by buildings, and you can't see any of the mountain's original color.

Sunlight shines on the surfaces of countless buildings made of different materials, reflecting a variety of colors such as gold, silver, glazed tiles, jade, and sacred wood, weaving together a dazzling, dreamlike radiance that makes the entire megacity look like a celestial palace from mythology, sacred and magnificent.

At the base of the mountain, where it meets the island's plains, countless buildings have completely covered the area, forming a vast lower town with houses standing side by side and streets crisscrossing, stretching all the way to the island's edge, docks, and beaches, leaving almost no gaps.

The dock area was a forest of masts, with ships of all sizes, flying boats, and even some strange flying magical artifacts coming and going, making it extremely busy.

"My God... Is this really a city where people live?" Xiaomei was completely dumbfounded, muttering unconsciously, feeling that her previous understanding of "big cities" had been completely overturned.

Where is this city?

It is clearly a living, three-dimensional country with mountains as its backbone!

Xin Ruyin's beautiful eyes sparkled, her cherry lips parted slightly, and her chest rose and fell gently, clearly indicating that she was very excited.

Such a magnificent and ingenious city far exceeded her most beautiful imagination.

What immense power, what long years, what ingenious planning and construction it would take to achieve such a miracle?

Zhou Ding was also deeply shocked.

Compared to the skyscrapers of my past life, this super three-dimensional city, which relies on natural wonders, spirals upwards, perfectly integrates architecture with the mountains, and is many times larger in scale, is like a child's building blocks.

This Tianxing City truly lives up to its reputation as a pinnacle creation of the cultivation civilization, a wonder forged by power, wisdom, ambition, and the passage of time.

"As expected of... Tianxing City." Zhou Ding took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and his eyes regained their clarity and sharpness.

He maneuvered the airship, gradually reducing its speed.

As the area within dozens of miles of Tianxing City has become closer, the surrounding sea and airspace are no longer as empty and desolate as they were in the previous months.

As far as the eye could see, ships of all sizes and shapes began to appear on the sea, including fishing boats and merchant ships of ordinary people, as well as spirit boats and magic ships piloted by cultivators.

In the sky, streaks of light of varying colors, intensities, and speeds began to frequently streak across the sky. Some flew alone, some traveled in groups, and some even rode sizable flying magical artifacts or tamed spirit birds.

The directions of these streaks of light and the ships were mostly pointing towards that towering, majestic city that was getting closer and closer.

Suddenly, the population density increased. A unique atmosphere, characteristic of megacities, a blend of prosperity, busyness, competition, and limitless possibilities, began to permeate the air.

Tianxing City, the heart and sacred place of the Chaotic Star Sea, has already opened a mysterious and magnificent corner to them.