South Sea, Liuyu Realm, the immortal Little Penglai.
The twelve-million-li Little Penglai held a total of One Hundred and Eight Islands: thirty-six inner, seventy-two outer. The archipelago lay arrayed like scattered stars and rare jewels, connected above to the celestial phenomena and below to the earth veins; with a single glance, one could see a myriad of grand sights.
At this moment, above Little Penglai, two figures hovered quietly in the clouds, gazing down at the peaceful, auspicious immortal blessed land below.
"I had thought the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion in the sky was already large enough, but I never imagined True Lord's Daoist sanctuary would actually be even better than that Emperor Palace."
Within the Heavenly Court, the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion on the seventh layer of the Seven-Layered Heavenly Palace was built to the standard specifications of a Mahayana Emperor, covering a radius of eight million li. Inside, all manner of halls, palace towers, traveling palaces, side courtyards, and annexes were complete in every respect.
When Demon Monarch Hewei had seen those palace halls and towers stretching like mountain ranges within the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion, she had already felt they were sufficiently lavish and magnificent. But gazing upon the Little Penglai immortal realm in the South Sea gave her an entirely different feeling.
The Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion was certainly grand and extravagant, but it relied more on splendor to highlight the majesty of the Heavenly Court and the solemnity of the Judicial Heavenly Lord. Thus, those cold, towering palace towers and terraces mostly gave one a sense of solemn chill. Though there were also spirit-plant gardens, spirit-beast gardens, and even exotic flowers and rare herbs, jade trees and spirit treasures, they only added a touch of life to the Judicial Heavenly Lord Mansion. Moreover, most of