The Azure Cloud Grand Carriage drove past the shin of this goddess. Chen Shi observed closely; the runic seals on her legs were intricately carved, looking less like they were painted on and more like they grew naturally along with her body.
A faint ripple stirred in his heart. The Thirteen Noble Families possess unique methods regarding the cultivation of deities.
He understood folk ways in Xinxiang best; although the godmothers of various villages were also divine incarnations, they condensed those incarnations using extraordinary power, constantly absorbing the breath of incense fire to strengthen themselves. But the Thirteen Noble Families were clearly not like this. They combined talismanic scripts, using extraordinary power as spiritual energy, and forged a unique path of deity cultivation.
The Azure Cloud Grand Carriage drove onward, and he saw even more powerful deities.
That was the presence of a heavenly god, standing tall in the Upper Realm. The thoughts of that being could already influence the weather within a radius of several thousand miles.
One of the deities swept a gaze across them, and a single thought moved the winds and clouds. Clouds and mist surged for thousands of miles, causing the Azure Cloud Grand Carriage to travel amid the fog, making it hard to distinguish direction.
"Trying to intimidate me right off the bat?"
Chen Shi remained unconcerned.
Another deity raised a hand, and a single thought brought forth thunder and rain. Across a territory of several thousand miles, lightning flashed like golden snakes and rain poured in torrents.
The Azure Cloud Grand Carriage sped through this territory of thunder and rain, when yet another thousand-foot-tall heavenly god slowly rose to its feet, a single thought raising a sea of fire that enveloped the carriage in overwhelming flames. Truly, it was boundlessly powerful.
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