Chapter 2068

As the map outline gradually became clear, Xiao Feng roughly calculated that the border of the Nine Provinces World from south to north was about 1.3 million kilometers, and the east‑west length was about 2 million kilometers.

The Nine Provinces World is not a flat continent but a planet, a planet with a diameter of over one million kilometers, roughly the size of the sun……a planet.

On this map, the continent is a single large mass, with many big and small islands around it.

Moreover, the eastern, western, southern, and northern seas are actually a single whole, not divided.

"I am currently by the East Sea, Qingzhou is to the north, flying about over 400,000 kilometers gets me there, which doesn't seem far either." Xiao Feng said while looking at the map.

His illusory form had already reached the vicinity of the continent's border while Han Zichen was drawing the map, and he was now determining his direction.

The nine provinces of the Nine Provinces World differ slightly from the Nine Provinces defined by Yu the Great in ancient times.

The legendary Nine Provinces of Yu the Great are, respectively: Yong Province, Ji Province, Yan Province, Qing Province, Xu Province, Yang Province, Jing Province, Liang Province, Yu Province.

But that was already ten million years ago, and after the long passage of time, the Nine Provinces World has also undergone some changes.

The former Yu Province, because it was located at the center of the map, has now been renamed Zhong Province.

The former Yan Province, due to a past great battle of immortals, has now been renamed Tianyun Province.

The remaining ones have not changed and still retain their original state.

Qing Province lies in the eastern part of the whole map, situated above the northern hemisphere; its territory ranks second to last among the Nine Provinces, only slightly larger than Yun Province.

It appears to be coastal, but not every location in a coastal province is necessarily by the sea, because the map is too vast, and the point farthest inland from the coast,

it reaches as far as 200,000 kilometers, and taking a high-speed train there would take a month.

After Han Zichen finished drawing the map, he held a gui brush, pointed at a spot east of Qing Province, and said: "This is Dongling Commandery; the commandery spans 7,000 li north‑south and 6,000 li east‑west, with Baishi Town near the eastern side. If you walk inland from the coast, you can reach our Baishi Town in about four or five thousand li."

Xiao Feng noted it down, and his illusory form began to rush toward Qing Province.

At the same time, he could still act in the game without any hindrance.

He asked, "Do you know where Mount Xihuang is?"

"Mount Xihuang? You……still want to go there?" Han Zichen showed a look of surprise.

"Well, I'll go pay a visit to the venerable Fuxi, see if he'll see me, and by the way check on Feng Feng Shi." Xiao Feng spoke frankly.

Han Zichen's expression was a bit odd as he muttered: "That's the ancient ancestor, after all—have you become strong enough to meet the venerable Fuxi? Could you……also bring me along?"

Xiao Feng laughed: "I dare not rashly promise that; otherwise let's go see Feng Feng Shi now and ask if she'd like to meet you."

"No, no, I'm a bit afraid of her; better forget it." Han Zichen waved his hands repeatedly in refusal.

"Afraid of her? Why? Isn't she very gentle?" Xiao Feng expressed his puzzlement.

Han Zichen sighed: "Brother Xiao Feng, you can't understand; she is too powerful. After merging into the Nine Provinces battlefield, I feel I've become utterly insignificant. My old friends who used to revolve around me—Xue Yunlong, Xu Danyang, He Ruoye—now all pay attention to her, each time in battle they single‑out inquire about her. Although I'm still a lord, my position feels awkward, so……"

Xiao Feng not

couldn't help but be speechless: "This means being completely eclipsed by her."

"No, no, sigh……Anyway, you wouldn't understand; I don't really want to see her, otherwise I might become even less confident." Han Zichen wore a worried, bitter face.

Feng Feng Shi is the daughter of the Dao Ancestor, and this fact is becoming known to more and more people, especially those who are relatively close to her, who can basically guess it.

Based solely on this, no matter how hard Han Zichen tries, he cannot be compared to her.

Xiao Feng said helplessly: "You'd better not think too much; her path is different from yours, there's no need to compare them. If we don't meet, we don't meet; if you want to go out for a stroll, I can take you on a journey, for example to Zhong Province to see He Ruoye and the others."

Han Zichen set aside his inner gloom and cheerfully said: "Alright, then I'll trouble you, Brother Xiao Feng, when the time comes~"

"All right." Xiao Feng replied, took her drawn map, temporarily parted, and returned to his dwelling.

Meanwhile, his illusory form in the Nine Provinces World sped through the void, reaching a speed of about 30 times the speed of sound, like a meteor streaking through the sky.

The power of the rulers is still extremely terrifying even in this world where power is heavily suppressed.

If it weren't for this suppression, he could be ten times faster!

This flight lasted 13 hours.

In the game, Xiao Feng had already begun a new day's cultivation, sitting still at home.

In reality, his illusory form, during the journey lasting 13 hours, used his mental will to explore many local customs and conditions of life in the Nine Provinces World.

This world lacks modern technology; it is a cultivation civilization world.

Although

Although there are places connected to Earth, Earth's technology has not been introduced.

On one hand, this world is the foundation of the human race; introducing electric machinery would be tantamount to exposing the ancestral land of the clan to the scrutiny of the supreme intellect.

On the other hand, there are many cultivators and martial artists here whose abilities are very strong; they do not need modern technology to improve their quality of life, and they already live quite well.

Without the capitalist exploitation of modern society, life passes peacefully and calmly; although it can sometimes be austere, the mental pressure is much lower.

Along the way, Xiao Feng discovered many, many sects of immortals; cultivation and superhuman evolution are two different paths, and although they ultimately converge, the manifestation of their abilities differs greatly.

The evolution of superhuman life consists of continually strengthening the physical body while tempering the mental will.

Whereas cultivators train true essence mana and the primordial spirit.

The primordial spirit and mental will are the same thing, while true essence mana and the blood‑qi of superhuman life differ greatly; the former is internal cultivation, the latter external cultivation, equivalent to the difference between a mage and a warrior.

Of course, there are also "warriors" here; many sects temper the physical body, and likewise some break through to superhuman life by cultivating the body.

The realms of practitioners here correspond: the elementary, intermediate, and advanced forms of superhuman life are the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation—three major realms.

Above Spirit Transformation lies the Union Realm, which equals the final stretch of the peak of superhuman existence.

One step further is to undergo the Tribulation and become an immortal, entering the realm of the rulers.

Rulers are extremely rare in the outside world; a planet may not even have one. Yet in the Nine Provinces, the number of immortals is not small.

Xiao Feng used his Divine Sense to probe along the way, during the 13 hours.

, it triggered three instances of Divine Sense will backlash, bouncing his Divine Sense back.

Obviously, these were three immortals guarding their sects who did not want to be spied on by him.

On a straight stretch of road one could encounter three immortals, and adding the Blood Sword Venerable makes four rulers already.

One can imagine how terrifying the number of powerful beings in the Nine Provinces is!