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Guide of Locations in SVSSS (in no specific order unless otherwise stated) and a General Timeline (only parts related to locations, not to be used as an overall timeline [see footnotes!])

DISCLAIMER: There will be spoilers below - please read with caution!

• Tian Gong Twelve Peaks - Has a Rainbow Bridge which connects all 12 peaks!

• Cang Qiong Mountain Sect is the world’s foremost major cultivation sect. Rainbow Bridges physically connect the peaks to allow for easy travel. Disciples are separated into inner and outer rankings, inner being higher-ranked members of the sect.

• Cang Qiong Mountain Sect - Located in the East (in order of hierarchy)
• Highest ranking sect of the 4 major sects: Cang Qiong Mountain, Huan Hua Palace, Tian Yi Temple and Zhao Hua Monastery
• Cang Qiong Mountain really emphasizes on maintaining kinship between peers - common for handful of head disciples to group up and go on side quests on occasion

• Leisure House - An Ding Peak

• Mobei-Jun rests here for 3 days after being hurt with a Ling Hua dart (See Airplane extras, Book 4) and then disappeared

• This is Pre-canon (Airplane extras~)

• Contains both inner disciples’ dormitory and Peak Lord’s residence
• An Ding Peak’s highest level dormitory
• Unlike the bamboo house, is is of a courtyard construction
• Possibly has kitchens as well
• The Following Peaks are in order of Rank (only those with numbers are canon).
• 1. Qiong Ding Peak - Yue Qingyuan - Head of Cang Qiong sect - Governing body/Leadership
• There is an annual 12 peaks martial arts tournament held on Qiong Ding Peak (qijiu extras)
• An alarm bell
• Main hall - Qiong Ding Hall
• White stone steps lead up to the entryway (ch 21) 
• There’s a spot where the tiles are damaged from when Shen Qingqiu threw Tianchui’s hammer during the invasion (ch 3)
• There’s a nameplate that hangs over the entrance
• A crystal mirror 3 meters tall
• Secret side hall where peak lords had secret meetings (extras)
• Rear hall — hold meetings here
• Rear hall and secret hall might be the same place, it is unclear
• Funerary Platform at the back of Qiong Ding Hall
• Where Shen Qingqiu’s body was kept before Binghe stole it

• Ling Xi Caves (See Ling Xi Caves entry below)

• 2. Qing Jing Peak - Shen Qingqiu - Scholars
• One time Shen Qingqiu described it as the place for kids with ADHD (extras) (specifically under Shen Yuan’s leadership not the peak as a whole)

• Disciple Dormitory - Left of the Bamboo House

• Where the student disciples of Qing Jing Peak live/sleep at night

• Kitchens - Right of the Bamboo House

• Binghe cooks for Shen Qingqiu often

• Dining Hall

• Old Wood Shed - Left of the Bamboo House

• Where Luo Binghe stayed after being kicked out of the dorms by other students - Shen Jiu made him stay there during his entire time at Qing Jing Peak (PIDW and pre-canon)
• A small tiny woodshed near the dormitories with tools inside. 
• Luo Binghe sleeps on the ground without bedding or blankets. He uses straw in the woodshed as a pillow and his outer robe as a blanket

• The Forest 

• Qing Jing Peak has a lot of forested areas, although it doesn’t specify what kinds of plants other than bamboo
• Where Luo Binghe loses his Fake Jade Guanyin from his mother (Book 1, Chapter 4)
• Shen Qingqiu collects and keeps it until end of Book 3
• Has many paths for disciples to travel from place to place, but lots of untouched forest as well, making it easy to hide amongst the trees/plants 
• A small pond — (deep dream)

• The Bamboo House - 

• In China, bamboo was used for a lot of things (see footnote for more info)
• Shen Qingqiu’s home
• Luo Binghe is brought into the Bamboo House to live with Shen Qingqiu (Book 1)
• Luo Binghe creates an exact replica in his Underground Palace in the Demon Realm
• Light green and white motifs for design
• A large canopy bed with swaths of gauze/muslin overhead with tassels on the corners (ch 1)
• A low table 
• Opens into a drawing room, where Shen Qingqiu sits when accepting new disciples, gets visitors, or spends time with disciples
• Off the drawing room, is Shen Qingqiu’s personal room. (Bed, bamboo couch and presumptuously some furniture like a dresser or chest for clothing)
• Luo Binghe’s room is a side room off of Shen Qingqiu’s main bedroom.
• A library or study in the back of the bamboo house, with a stack of records and ancient books that each head disciple must read in full before becoming a peak lord
• Secluded but not far enough off that he’s cut off from Qing Jing Peak, as the other disciples can see/pass the building often on their way to classes/training/their dorm etc.
• Surrounded by Bamboo forest/groves, made of bamboo as a primary building material (for more info on bamboo house designs (modern) see footnotes 3 - 5)
• Wan Jian Peak - Wei Qingwei - Peak of Sword Masters
• Has a mystical sword that cannot be drawn named Hong Jing (Red Mirror)
• If a demonic evil approaches it will draw itself out automatically and reacts to possession

• Sword Trials Terrace/Sword Testing Platform— where disciples get their personal spiritual swords. Hong Jing is located here. (Airplane extras pt.3)

• WJP also raises pangolins — scaly anteaters 
• An Ding Peak - Shang Qinghua - Logistics (stock transpo, repairs etc.)
• Xian Shu Peak - Qi Qingqi - All-Female Peak
• N/A Peak - N/A “Qing” - N/A
• No matter their name, the generational name of all peak lords at the current time is “Qing” which means that MUST be in their name.
• 7. Bai Zhan Peak - Liu Qingge - Martial Artists
• Training grounds
• High basalt platform for combat training
• Qian Cao Peak - Mu Qingfang - Medicine/Healing
• N/A Peak - N/A “Qing” - N/A
• N/A Peak - N/A “Qing” - N/A
• Ku Xing Peak* - N/A “Qing” - Ascetic Cultivation (severe self-discipline and abstinence of all forms of indulgence) 
•  Zui Xian Peak - N/A “Qing”- N/A 
• Peak lords gather together for meals here (wedding)
• Fanon Peak Lords/Peaks:
• Possible names for missing sects (entirely fanon based):
• Zhi Ji Peak - Lin Qingshui - Feng Shui and Deviation
• Ling You Peak - Duan Qingze - Beast Taming
• Zhu Xian Peak - Ruan Qingruan - Brewing, Elixirs, Spiritual foods
• Ku Xing Peak* - Gao Qinggao - Talismans
• *This peak is canon but the peak lord and job is not, all we know is the leader has a fiery temper
• Chuang Zao Peak - Xu Qingli - Artifact Refining

• Xuan Chu Peak- Li Qingxiao - Musical Cultivation and Instrument Making

• Yuan Guang Peak - Zheng Qingtian —Exploration/Beastial Studies

• Shun Liu Peak - Yi Qinghui - Spiritual Tools, Feng Shui & Divination

• Last 3 courtesy of fellow fan: Zhui Xing Luo Chen <3
• Peak Lord’s Seniority — based on the rank of the Peak itself (not age/when they join Cang Qiong)
• “Shidi” - Younger Brother
• “Shixiong” - Older Brother
• “Shimei” Younger Sister
• “Shijie” Older Sister
• “Shifu” - Teacher
• “Shizun” - Master/Role Model (more respectful than Shifu/less familiar)
• Peak Ranks — In order that the founders of each peak made a name for themselves and became famous (qijiu extras pt. 5)
• For example, Qiong Ding Peak is the ruling Peak of the Cang Qiong Mountain Sect and the oldest. Making it the highest ranking peak (Currently ruled by Yue Qingyuan)
• Thus: Yue Qingyuan is the highest ranking peak lord

• Ling Xi Caves - Qiong Ding Peak - Cang Qiong is in the East 

• A labyrinth with a thousand twists and turns before opening into a “strange and beautiful different world”
• There is no wind or moon, it is cool and quiet
• White stones like clouds and green stones like jade created wonders large and small as well as natural stone beds
• At the center lays a pool of clear water that reflects like a mirror
• The only thing that marred its beauty was gashes and gouges made by both blade and sword glares. The stone walls were further plastered with swathes of dried blood, the stains had already blackened — this was one cavern of many
• Appears after the Skinner Demon arc — Shen Qingqiu goes there to cultivate in seclusion after giving Binghe a proper training manual 
• Located at the back of Qiong Ding Peak’s mountain side
• Qiong Ding Peak has the best accumulation of energies from Heaven and Earth 
• Cāng Qióng Shān Pài (pinyin) = Heavenly Dome Mountain Sect
• Best place to cultivate because it has so much energy and requires much less effort — twice the results in half the time — only the sect’s senior members and outstanding disciples could request the sect leader for access.
• “I heard that they’ll shut disciples and other sect members inside who are experiencing qi deviation or resorted to unnatural paths” (SJ says this)
• Shen Qingqiu (Shen Jiu) goes here for seclusion and nearly qi deviates — Yue Qingyuan joins him
• Shen Qingqiu (After Skinner arc [see first bullet point]) cultivates here in seclusion for a few months (few = 2-3) and comes out to find Cang Qiong is invaded by demons (led by Shua Hualing)
• Goes to Qiong Ding Peak’s Gate where the demons are 
• Shua Hualing suggests a match between both sides
• Shen Qingqiu is poisoned with Without-A-Cure

• Although called Without-A-Cure, it can be repressed with an herb that Mu Qingfang prescribes to Shen Qingqiu

• Shen Yuan is aware that the only cure is dual cultivation with a heavenly demon 

• Where we meet Liu Qingge for the first time while he is experiencing a Qi Deviation caused by cultivating alone
• Shen Qingqiu (Shen Yuan) helps him, even though the original flavor (Shen Jiu) lets him die at this moment; killing off Liu Qingge in PIDW.
• After this, their relationship as friends and allies is defined
• Much later in the novel series Liu Qingge is perceived to have a small crush on Shen Qingqiu (See extras when they enter the succubus caves and gifts Shen Qingqiu with a short haired monster he caught
• which Shen Qingqiu cannot fathom killing and then raises for the next few years (later on Liu Qingge brings him another one which he refuses since the first monster is still alive)
• Liu Qingge fights every single day and night with Luo Binghe to retrieve Shen Qingqiu’s dead body over the 5 years it took for Shen Qingqiu to grow the Sun-Moon Dew Mushroom body and come back. He never wins against Binghe but never gives up either.

• The Dream Realm - Appears in Chapters 17 - 21, 59 - 60, 62, 72 - Inside Luo Binghe’s Consciousness

• Where Meng Mo (no real body)
• Resides inside Luo Binghe’s Dream Realm, when he is stronger he can visit others (holy mausoleum) 
• Teaches Luo Binghe how to control the dream realm and about demonic cultivation
• A parasite like creature— has no real body as it was destroyed several hundred years earlier
• Survives by absorbing a victim’s spiritual energy and vitality (Luo Binghe, as the OP protagonist, is the perfect vessel for him)
• A ball of black fog - original appearance was an old man in luxury clothing and sharp hawk-like eyes
• He helps Luo Binghe with plots and plans, often giving his opinion on the matters at hand and seeming to be able to ‘see’ all the Binghe does unless Binghe blocks him out
• If the dreamer attacks any ‘person’ in their dream it would just hurt the dreamer themself
• By hurting the dream ‘people’ the dreamer can end up being severely hurt, dead or in a coma/“eternal sleep”
• Attacking the ‘people’ is attacking their own brain/nervous system
• The only way to break free of the dream is to resolve inner turmoil and tangles within one’s own heart — thus defeating the dream
• The dreams can exploit all emotions of the dreamer, even hidden or especially negative ones like terror or rage
• The more the dreamer feels, the greater the damage they receive
• Luo Binghe learned to master the dream realm — he can recreate a city with its many residents on a large scale and use emotions hidden in the dreamer’s heart to manipulate/terrorize them
• Meng Mo’s Specialty — Nightmare Dream Realm
• Summons the human heart’s deepest terror/rage/misery (etc.) to destroy the dreamer’s psychological defenses
• The more agitated the dreamer, the more danger they’re in
• Illusory ‘people’ in the dreams from the victim’s own mind consciousness can appear to manipulate and instigate these feelings
• To defeat this nightmare realm, see above for defeating the dream realm itself
• Effects of attacking the ‘people’ tormenting the dreamer: coma or death
• A coma is perfect for Meng Mo because his victim is still alive and thus he can feed off their spiritual energy and vitality
• Luo Binghe masters this technique by the end of Book 3

• Huan Hua Palace - Located in the South

• Last ranking sect
• Protected by maze arrays
• Immortal Master Lao Gongzhu is the old head of Huan Hua Palace
• Practices a number of different cultivation schools BUT specialize in illusions, mazes, and concealment. 
• Richest sect & fund most Immortal Alliance Conferences
• Has the most contact with the outside world

• Ling Hua Domain — demolished by LQG in ch 10

• Main Hall — close to Huan Hua Pavilion

• Huan Hua Pavilion — Where the palace masters live/cultivate

• Sect members are divided into many different domains similar to how CQM is divided into 12 peaks
• The Water Prison is located beneath their foundations
• Used to hold most notorious criminals of the cultivation world before trial
• This world’s public prison system 
• Only those with Huan Hua Palace's authorization pass can enter the Water Prison freely. 
• A white, stone platform in the center of the lake. The water is corrosive, and once the prisoner is on the platform via a stone pathway that is triggered by a mechanism in the wall to rise from under the lake; a curtain of water is triggered by a mechanism in the wall with a key, which surrounds the platform with no possible escape without the risk of touching the corrosive liquid
• Once the Water Prison is activated, one person must remain on the platform, otherwise the curtain will automatically activate if there isn’t enough weight on the platform — this will activate even if the Water Prison’s airtight curtain mechanism is turned off/deactivated
• In other words — without something to weigh the platform down, there will always be a curtain of water around it. It will only open with a key/special access pass only specific members of the Huan Hua Sect have access to (likely only senior members of the sect). 
• Even then, without a counterweight, the curtain will be down and leaves no room for escape by oneself. 
• Shen Qingqiu escapes thanks to Gongyi Xiao, who remains on the platform in his stead. 
• Ling Hua Dart was created here by a Huan Hua Palace elder — Mobei-Jun gets afflicted with it in Airplane Extras (Book 4). 
• Mobei-Jun has major beef with the Huan Hua Palace
• His once dearly trusted uncle threw him into the human realm and let a heap of thug cultivators chase around this completely uncomprehending, terrified-out-of-his-mind little demon who’d trip and fall every few steps he ran
• They caught and locked him in the water prison for weeks until he was freed by his father who noticed he was missing
• Mobei-Jun was the equivalent age to a 4 year old child
• Due to the trauma he barely speaks with anyone and never looked at his uncle again

• Tian Yi Temple - Located in the Central Plains 

• Second ranking sect
• Priests of Tian Yi Temple practice Daoist cultivation
• The Dao, which means "the way," is the natural order of the universe. 
• Daoists strive to be in harmony with this natural order. Rather than following particular rules, Daoists cultivate a sense of naturalness, called ziran. 
• By being in tune with ziran, they believe they can avoid violence, suffering, and struggle

• Zhao Hua Monastery - Located in the East

• Third ranking sect 
• Current Leader - Wu Wang
• Renowned for its barrier techniques and abilities to be mediators.
• A quiet, secluded, dignified, and ancient building seated halfway up a verdant ancient mountain. 
• In the monastery, there is a Hall of Great Strength, which is the main hall in a traditional Buddhist Temple and where the sect holds conferences with outsiders. 
• The temple itself is defended by barrier protections that keep out and repel demonic qi
• Monks from Zhao Hua Monastery practice Buddhist cultivation
• Buddhism teaches that by controlling desire and limiting suffering, this path could lead a person to spiritual enlightenment
• The Eightfold Path requires a great deal of self-sacrifice and dedication: leaving behind worldly affairs and devoting their lives to attaining spiritual enlightenment
• Includes: vows of celibacy and poverty, meditating, and abstaining from violence

• An Old Tea House - Downstream of the Luo River - Located within an old city (unnamed) (Assumed to be near Huan Hua Palace - South)

• Where Su Xiyan and Tianlang-Jun meet/fall in love
• On one occasion, the Old Palace Master and Su Xiyan followed the requests of a village and went to exterminate demonic creatures.
•  When they were returning back to the Palace, they encountered an old city downstream from Luo Chuan. In that city, demons and other evil beings were running rampant. 
• There were not many left of the city’s original population. However, Su Xiyan was able to meet a young man (Tianlang-Jun) that was out alone in a tea house
• Su Xiyan meets Tianlang-Jun here often, until one day they decide to meet in Bai Lu Forest (Per old palace master’s request in order to catch Tianlang-Jun
• When they met she would usually bring Tianlang-Jun and Zhuzhi-Lang gifts such as banned books, rare Lingzhi (Fungus with spiritual properties), and a courtesan who played the pipa
• Often when they didn’t meet Su Xiyan would disappear for 10 - 14 days (presumably with Tianlang-Jun)

• Bai Lu Forest - Located at the edge of Huan Hua’s territory (South)

• Where the Sun-Moon Dew Mushroom can be found in a dark cave
• Guarded by a pale bloated snake-like creature/demon (Zhuzhi-Lang - half-human form)
• Gongyi Xiao (Huan Hua Palace) and Shang Qinghua (An Ding Peak) accompany Shen Qingqiu to this location
• Located on Bai Lu Mountain under which Tianlang-Jun was once sealed. 
• Imprisoned under 72 iron chains
• Zhuzhi-Lang was struck by Old Palace Masters “Heaven’s Wrath” technique (heavenly thunderbolts) and returned to his half-human form (original form) while trying to protect his master, Tianlang-Jun
• Where Su Xiyan and Tianlang-Jun met for a final time and 
• Su Xiyan and Tianlang-Jun met here 2x a month on a regular schedule as she was “spying” for her master
• The Old Palace Master told every sect about this, and said Tianlang-Jun (ruler of north and southern sides of the demon realm at the time) was going to attack them all and loot the sects — they devised a plan to catch Tianlang-Jun first, at Su Xiyan’s expense. (Ch 69) (See footnote 8)

• Luo River (Luo Chuan [chuan = river]) - Rises in the South East of Mount Hua, flows East into Henan, where it joins the Yellow River at the city Gongyi (Gongyi is a real place in China, not from the novel— but might be a good location to put Jin Lan city).

• In modern China, this may refer to many different rivers:
• Luohe (Henan) - Tributary of the Yellow River, flows mostly in Henan province
• Luohe (Shaanxi) - aka North Luo River, a river in the Shaanxi province and 2nd largest tributary to the Wei River (longest tributary to the Yellow River)
• Luohe (Guangdong) - a river in the Guangdong province, flows into South China Sea
• Luojiang (Fujian) - river in Fujian, flows into Quanzhou Bay of Taiwan Strait
• Where Su Xiyan died after giving birth to Luo Binghe (Upper Reaches of Luo River) (In winter)
• Helped by Grandmaster Wu Chen after being forced to drink a poison to kill/abort Luo Binghe by the Old Palace Master

• Recall Luo Binghe gets his name from floating down the Luo River (aka Luo Chuan) directly after birth and found by a local fishermen

• Later he is adopted by a local washerwoman at about 4-5 years old off the streets

• She raises him as her own, before he enters Cang Qiong, until her death

• Luo Binghe’s namesake:
• Binghe = glacier (taken from the characters ‘ice and river’) Luo= Luo River (also sounds like ‘lowered’) his name describes his origins literally - ‘lowered into [the] icy river’
• It’s presumed he only survived due to his Demon ancestry 

• Streets Where Luo Binghe Grew Up - Somewhere along the Luo River

• We know that Luo Binghe was floated down the river as an infant and found by locals of a village somewhere along the line
• Likely close to the upper reaches of the Luo River - South East
• Because how else would an infant survive that long on an icy river in the middle of winter (even if we go by protagonist halo standards)?
• Where Binghe and his mother lived 
• She died from illness
• She gave him the Fake Jade Guanyin necklace
• Her illness - heartbreak (presumably after being tricked into buying the Guanyin pendant at a high price — “Heartbroken, her body quickly deteriorating afterward: this was a pain that would never dissolve in Luo Binghe’s life.”
• City-like landscape, where there is a range of noble to poor residents (this is assumed because of the wealth/power imbalance between those that mistreat/bully street kids and him and his mother)
• Luo Binghe endures a beating from the sons of a noble residence they were servants at in order to get his mother some congee
• She died before she could eat it

• The Borderlands - Located between the Human and Demon Realms

• Where the barrier between Human and Demon realms are thin and one can pass through without crossing the Endless Abyss
• Frequently raided by some demons - very few humans live here (garrisons of cultivators remain as guards there)

• Chi Yun Cave - Demon Realm - Assumed to be located near the Borderlands (They visit a tea shop in the borderlands after being here)

• Where Shua Hualing takes vessels she is gathering for Luo Binghe to use to control his demonic qi
• Liu Mingyan (Xian Shu Peak) and Yang Yixuan (Bai Zhan Peak) were captive here before being rescued by a ‘mysterious elder’ (Shen Qingqiu)

• A Tea Shop - Borderlands - near Chi Yun Cave

• Liu Mingyan, Yang Yixuan and Shen Qingqiu (Sun-Moon Dew Mushroom body) visit here after escaping Shua Hualing and rescuing all her cultivator prisoners from Chi Yun Cave

• Qiu Family Household - Location unknown

• Where Shen Jiu grew up after living on the streets (12 years old) becoming a slave to the Qiu Family until the age of 15
• Title was changed to foster-brother instead of a slave to the Qiu family - Qiu Haitang gets engaged to Shen Jiu when he is 15
• Wu Yanzi takes in Shen Jiu as a disciple - initiating his desire to escape the household and become a cultivator
• Entire property was burned down and destroyed one night after Shen Jiu snapped and killed most if not all the male house-servants and Qiu Haitang’s elder brother 
• Qiu Haitang misunderstands Shen Jiu’s relationship with her brother, who she thought carried a family bond
• Her elder brother abused and mistreated Shen Jiu until he snapped
• Qiu Haitang appears after Luo Binghe’s reunion with Shen Qingqiu in Jin Lan City — she is there to cement “Shen Jiu’s official fall from grace” by telling the “truth” of what happened to a crowd of thousands after the Sower Demons are caught
• One Sower calls out to Shen Qingqiu for help, causing suspicion just before Qiu Haitang speaks up
• The household no longer exists and Qiu Haitang is the hallmaster or teacher  of a miscellaneous small sect at the time of the Sowers arc

• Endless Abyss - Between the Human and Demon Realms

• Where Luo Binghe’s three-year training arc before he reemerges as a Demon Lord
• “Within red clouds glowing like a volcanic crater, one could faintly make out countless arms and howling heads, struggling and heaving, twisted in a thousand expressions of agony, like a scene from hell”
• “A liminal space, it was full of peril and the unknown. Twisting, tearing vortices through space, raging flames and burning magma were everywhere to be found.”
• “If one looked into the ravine, they would see the simmering demonic qi roiling unceasingly within it, and they would hear the anguished wailing of tens of thousands of spirits. Hundreds and thousands of deformed arms reached up from the cracks towards the Human Realm, hungering for flesh and blood. The deeper regions faded into black fog and eerie scarlet light”
• Essentially Hell on earth
• Where Luo Binghe finds Xin Mo inside the belly of an ancient monster

• The Holy Mausoleum - Located in the Demon Realm

• Restricted area for demons where supreme rules are entombed after death
• Filled with traps and creatures to deter intruders
• Many treasures inside
• Only Zhuzhi Lang has been shown to be able to enter the Mausoleum
• The only other way to enter is if one was already dead and their soul repossesses their own dead body after
• Has a secret way to call back those from the dead - it has a soul recall array inside the area
• The walls are covered with painted murals of dancing demons and contain special rooms including the Halls of Fury, Delight and Sorrow, named after emotions. 
• Hall of Delight
• Has a smiling woman's face painted onto the wall. 
• When the jewel inlaid in her eye is shattered, the woman's mouth will curve higher until her mouth is wide open. 
• A piercing sound of laughter will erupt from her mouth. This is an auditory weapon, designed to be effective against the Demon Race. 
• After the sound entered the ears, the heart and brains would pulse madly, followed by a wave of acute pain, causing giddiness and stars in the vision. 
• Hall of Fury
• A woman's furious face is painted on the floor. 
• Any mis-step would bring danger such as a pillar of magma thick enough to enclose four men shooting upwards to engulf the trespasser instantly.
• The only way around it is to step on the acupuncture points. 
• Hall of Sorrow
• There is a woman's face with tight-knit brows and face twisted in deep lamentation painted on the ceiling at the zenith of the hall. 
• Upon sensing the presence of intruders, the face’s eyes would open, its features twisting into motion while its expression grows increasingly miserable. 
• A few drops of water would seep from its eyes and patter to the ground. 
• At this point, it is unknown what the rain would do to humans and demons. 

• Hua Yue City - Near Huan Hua Palace (South)

• In a prosperous and densely populated area of the Central Plains
• Where Shen Qingqiu self-detonates after escaping the Water Prison

• Mobei Ice Fortress - Located in the Demon Realm (North)

• A forbidding fortress of ice where the Mobei clan’s succession ceremony takes place
• Property of the noble Demon Mobei Clan
• Ruler - Mobei-Jun - Luo Binghe’s Right Hand Man
• Mobei-jun is a pure-blooded, legitimate 2nd gen offspring. His family holds territory in the northern boundary of the Demon Realm. 
• His name is technically his official title, which is inherited by each ruler of the Mobei clan; if he has a birth name, it is unknown
• He can create a completely black ice sword, which he can multiply into an ice sword array of hundreds. He can surround an enemy with these ice swords and shoot down from all directions. These ice swords cannot be defended by normal methods, as they are formed from pure demonic energy. 
• He cannot fly on a sword

• Jin Lan City - East - Central Plains where the Luo River and Heng River meet

• Jin Zi Weapons Shop - owned by a blacksmith who makes finely crafted weapons
• Home of Yang Yixuan, Bai Zhan Peak’s head disciple
• Near the bottom of the mountain where Zhao Hua Monastery sits
• Where Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe reunite - Luo Binghe revealed to be out of the Abyss 2 years early and affiliated with the Huan Hua Palace
• Jin Lan was once a major trading center - before being hit with a horrible plague that causes the limbs to rot and fall off 
• (Sowers arc)
• Where Shen Qingqiu is fed Luo Binghe’s Heavenly Demon blood 
• Because he saw Shen Qingqiu was infected by the Sowers

• Jue Di Gorge - Seven Mountain Chain - Immortal Alliance Conference Venue

• A mountainous region with lots of treacherous terrain
• Perfect for adventure!
• Full of verdant growth
• Many undercurrents, waterfalls and strange rocks
• Has quiet and deep secluded valleys with tall peaks in disorderly fashion
• “Pressed to an impasse” type vibe but then you find the road again and realize there are actually exits to this weird place

• Mai Gu Ridge - Demonic Realm

• An ominous mountain ridge in the Demon Realm with a complex network of caves
• Shaped like a skull
• Many demons are said to live there
• Where Tianlang-jun attempts to merge the human and demon realms together - causing chaos and nearly breaking the world 
• Mai Gu Ridge appears over the Luo River. 
• Cang Qiong under attack as they realize by merging the two realms, that puts the Endless Abyss right on top of Cang Qiong Mountains
• Explodes/Collapses during the fight (no longer exists post-canon)
• Xin Mo is destroyed here in order to stop Shen Qingqiu from self-destructing again

• The Underground Palace - Demon Realm (North)

• Luo Binghe’s headquarters
• Contains an exact replica of Shen Qingqiu’s Bamboo House from Qing Jing Peak
• Hot springs that LBH dug out himself — deepest part of the middle of the palace
• Assembly hall
• Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu live here primarily post-canon 

• See extras (book 4)

• Shuang Hu City - Near the bottom of Tian Gong Mountains (Cang Qiong Sect) — “One day’s riding distance, without stopping overnight” (Approximately 30 or so miles (48 km or 96.5 Li))

• Where they investigate the Skinner Demon
• Ming Fan, Ning Yingying, Luo Binghe and Shen Qingqiu investigate a series of deaths of rich concubines
• Has a market
• Has a cosmetics shop
• Has several noble households and inns
• We can assume that due to this the city is a decently large size
• Beginning of the series after Shen Yuan has transmigrated into Shen Jiu’s body
• One of the first time Shen Qingqiu shows Luo Binghe kindness 
• Shares his carriage with them (they don’t fly down the mountain on swords but take horses)
• Argues with the OOC function that he is humoring Ning Yingying’s requests to stop Luo Binghe’s bullying
• Luo Binghe is caught staring at Shen Qingqiu

• Warm Red Pavilion - Located in a remote town, the largest brothel in the area. 

• Shen (Jiu) Qingqiu fought a Bai Zhan Peak disciple named Ji Jue here and gave him a beatdown, and then almost fought Liu Qingge as well, but they were stopped by Yue Qingyuan.
• Shen Jiu would frequent this place.
• Later, Shen Qingqiu in the mushroom body visited here, which was where he first heard the song Resentment of Chunshan, and used realgar wine to trick Zhuzhi-lang.