White Palace City - 436

Zhu Yi began to run in the opposite direction of the Heart scalp sect. After a few days, there was a four way intersection. Instead of going back the way he came, Zhu Yi went a different direction. 

After one more day of running, Zhu Yi saw the city from afar. Zhou Fan sat on his shoulder silently as Zhu Yi approached.

There were no city walls to this city, but in the middle of it was a shockingly large building. There was no doubt that this city had cultivators.

The building was white and seemed to take all of the shine away from the rest of the city. It stood imposingly, surrounded by a fog that made it mystical. Zhu Yi was intimidated by its mere sight.

Not to mention Zhu Yi, even Zhou Fan was shocked. In all of his years, he had never seen such an imposing building. Although he had seen majestic and grand creations, this building simply gave off an incredible feeling.

The feeling seemed to be dominance. The building gave off a feeling of unparalleled dominance.

Of course, this did not affect Zhou Fan at all. He was simply admiring the feeling it gave off. He could easily recreate the city, and even increase its dominance by a million times.

Zhu Yi on the other hand was heavily affected. He barely even had the spirit to run after seeing the grand building in the distance.

He slowed down to a jog and stared at the distance. It took him a while to reach the city with his slower speed.

There was no gate or guards. What thief would dare to come? 

The dirt path turned into one of bricks and buildings began to line the streets.

Zhu Yi stopped jogging and walked. All the time, his gaze was on the building.

"Ahh."

Zhu Yi suddenly fell backwards after bumping into someone. His gaze finally left the building and looked at the man standing in front of him.

"Sorry about that." Zhu Yi said as he got up.

The man shook his head. "Don't worry about that. We're all like that the first time we see the white palace."

"What exactly is this place?" Zhu Yi asked.

The map had given no indication of such a grand city, and the first man that he bumped into was a cultivator even stronger than him.

"Sorry, but I'm in a bit of a hurry right now. There is a building not too far from here that has the history and information of the entire white palace city." The man said.

He then gave directions to Zhu Yi.

Zhu Yi thanked the man and followed his directions. Before long, he saw a large, square, black, one story building. On the side, printed in fancy letters, was the word "History".

Zhu Yi entered and came upon a front desk.

"Welcome to the white palace history records. Please take a tag and record your information. The first time you visit is free." The receptionist said with a smile.

Zhu Yi nodded and grabbed a tag out of a very obvious tag dispenser. It was large and had a red arrow pointing at it with the word "tag" written on it.

Zhu Yi looked down at the paper slip. It asked for his name and cultivation.

Zhu Yi filled it out honestly and put it in a designated box before truly entering the building.

In front of Zhu Yi was a large downward staircase with many people on it.

Zhu Yi was stunned by the building. It was so fancy and modern. Compared to his village, it was an entirely different world.

Zhou Fan was still sitting on his shoulder, looking around.

After going down the staircase, Zhu Yi entered an area with countless words written on walls. He read everything and walked through the history records that seemed more like a museum.

After nearly an entire day of moving around, Zhu Yi finally left the building. Looking back at it, it seemed so small, but 99% of it was underground.

Zhu Yi needed a moment to digest everything he had learned.

Firstly, the white palace city, while famous, was not very populated. This was for the simple fact that no cultivator above the foundation establishment realm was allowed to enter.

As for who enforced this rule, it was a nascent soul realm cultivator who lived nearby.

He was a nascent soul realm cultivator, one of the strongest in this world, but he was reduced to a guard for the city.

Although a nascent soul realm cultivator was the guard, the white palace city held a special place in the hearts of everyone in the world. Any cultivator would defend it and its rules.

After all, the greatest genius ever born on the planet was born in the city and built the white palace. He was also the first and only space shattering realm cultivator in the world's known history, according to the history records.

At a young age, that man was invincible, and the only thing that slowed him down was the rules set in place by Zhou Fan.

The cultivator had never lost a fight. He had never kneeled down or taken a master. He single handedly killed a space shattering cultivator from another world in a single move. 

This was all recorded down in the history records, though Zhu Yi barely comprehended half of it.

That man's name was Chen Jie, and his name was synonymous with the term "Invincible".

It was unknown where he had gone, but no person in the world would claim that he had died. As far as they were concerned, he was undefeated throughout the universe by now.

The story of Chen Jie made Zhu Yi's blood boil. He also wanted to be like this. The mere story of Chen Jie was enough to inspire anyone.

Even Zhou Fan wanted to see him. He turned his head towards Zhu Yi. If everything went well, perhaps they would both see this Chen Jie one day.