Absolute control over the start, I will develop my own immortality

If someone could travel throughout the spiritual world... no, just a rough tour would reveal that it seems that human settlements can be found anywhere and in any environment.

Even in places like volcanoes and oceans that seem completely unsuitable for human survival, human cities may appear.

This is enough to show the tenacious vitality of human beings.

Under such circumstances, a city living near the rift valley seems somewhat ordinary.

The full name of the rift is Skyfire Rift.

A huge mountain was cracked at the side, and below was a deep, pitch-black area with no bottom in sight.

The crack also spread from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain. It was not until it spread hundreds of miles out from the foot of the mountain that the crack shrank a little, and it completely disappeared until it was 1,700 to 1,800 miles away.

From the crack, extremely rich yet cold spiritual energy flowed out.

If you detect downwards from the crack, you can also feel negative and evil spirits, so it has become the natural birthplace and gathering place of ghosts.

During that period, people called it the Great Ghost Rift.

Because of the rich spiritual energy, this place attracted people of all races to come here, causing conflicts with the ghosts that were originally here.

The ghosts are numerous and powerful, but other tribes are also strong, and the two sides are in a stalemate.

It was not until someone lurked deep into the rift that they discovered that there was a relic beneath the rift, and even a secret realm that opened once every two hundred years.

The ruins were actually related to the legendary mysterious Skyfire Clan.

And that secret realm might be the last relic of the Skyfire Clan.

Many major forces have historical records and know that the Sky Fire Clan is very mysterious and powerful, and that there are as many as three Return to Void cultivators in the open.

Therefore, after the news spread, many forces came, including some at the Return to Void level.

All the ghosts in this place were eliminated. Many monks cleaned out the ruins and advanced into the secret realm to plunder all resources.

The Secret Realm of Heavenly Fire thus became completely known to the world.

Time flies.

That event has now become history, and some forces with a not-so-long heritage don’t even know what happened in the past.

The Ghost Rift has been completely renamed and is now called the Skyfire Rift.

Because the quality of the resources in the secret realm is not high, those Return to Void forces have lost interest and have long stopped paying attention to it, but every two hundred years, a large number of Nascent Soul and God Transformation cultivators will still come.

Some people also take root here and establish families and sects.

The spiritual energy is cold, but it is suitable for practicing water, ice or similar attribute skills.

Yin energy and evil spirits can also be isolated and transformed through formations.

To this day, both sides of the Skyfire Rift Valley have already been occupied by various buildings, and there are bridges spanning dozens or hundreds of miles of rifts, connecting the two sides.

This bridge is hundreds of miles long, seemingly endless, and spans across the rift, with a bottomless abyss underfoot. It has even become a wonder here.

There were even monks who came here specifically, not to enter the secret realm, but just to see the unique cross-valley bridge here.

There is a ladder built from the ground to the abyss, and it is built along the cliff, which is even more dangerous.

The underground remains of the Skyfire Clan were emptied out countless years ago and are now occupied by another city, where people built the 'Skyfire City'.

In terms of history, Tianhuo City is quite old. Although there is no Return to Void force here, there are three forces ruled by the peak of Transformation Realm masters.

The first one is the Tian family, the family that built this city in the past.

The second one is the Ghost Demon Sect, which was established here and uses the unique yin and evil energy of this place for cultivation.

Although the name looks scary, according to the spiritual world's standard for judging power, this kind of sect power that does not harm the lives of all spirits and only absorbs special spiritual energy for cultivation cannot be counted as the devil's way at all. On the contrary, it can be called the right way.

The third one is the city's business alliance 'Skyfire Pavilion'. It made its fortune by purchasing and selling various resources in the Skyfire Secret Realm. Unexpectedly, it has become the overlord of the place today.

Zhou Ming came to the city, took a quick walk around, and couldn't help but sigh.

“It’s really clean!”

The time has passed too long ago, and now not even a stone can be found of the remains of the former Skyfire Clan; they have all been dug away.

In today's Tianhuo City, there is almost no trace of the former Tianhuo clan.

Although the entire Tianhuo Great Rift Valley appears to be more than a thousand miles long on the ground, it is actually wide at the top and narrow at the bottom.

There is a long distance from the beginning to the end, but it is extremely narrow at the bottom, and there may not even be room for a person to stand, let alone live.

Only the area in the middle has enough space to build a city.

However, with subsequent development and the continuous increase in population, the area had to be dug and expanded on both sides to have enough space for people to live in.

To this day, only the middle half of Tianhuo City can see the sky when looking up.

Looking left, right and upward, one can only see traces of rock excavation.

"It's really a very unique city..."

People can always find ways to survive in difficult situations.

Perhaps this method is simply unimaginable to others, so much so that they are greatly surprised after witnessing it with their own eyes.

The central part of Tianhuo City is undoubtedly a gathering place for the rich, but as it expands to both sides, the residents become poorer and poorer.

Being poor means having scarce resources and low cultivation.

Anyone who can live here must have ancestors who were practitioners.

But just because their ancestors practiced cultivation doesn’t mean they can also develop enough strength. They may only be able to refine Qi and build a foundation throughout their lifetime.

There are even many mortals.

But the sad thing is that they can only live here all their lives.

Because they can't get up.

Naturally, I can't leave.

They had nothing, so if they wanted a place to live, they could only dig on both sides to carve out a house for themselves.

So, it's not that they want to do it, but they have to do it.

Zhou Ming is not the kind of person who feels compassion for others, but he also feels pity for them from the bottom of his heart.

"Senior, I'm sorry, we are...full of guests..."

The waiter of the inn spoke in a trembling voice and lowered his head, not daring to look at Zhou Ming.

"Full house?"

Zhou Ming frowned.

"Yes... The rooms in the inn were fully booked half a year ago, and every guest has booked a room for the next five years."

“…Majumaki!”

Zhou Ming was speechless for a moment.

Needless to say, these people must have come to participate in the Skyfire Secret Realm, otherwise why would the reserved room time be exactly five years instead of one or two years?

It has been exactly five years since the Skyfire Secret Realm was opened.

He thought he had arrived five years early, which was early enough, but he didn't expect that there were so many people here who arrived earlier than him.

"Your place is full, what about other inns?"

"It's highly likely... it's fully booked."

The waiter replied.

"That's all..."

Zhou Ming had no choice but to decide not to stay here since the place was full. After all, the distance between the ground and the underground was only a matter of breaths for him.

He shook his head and turned to leave the inn.

at this time……

"Senior, please stay!"