A Show of Force, Testing, and Expounding the Dao

From the outside, Five Elders Palace looked ancient and grand. Yet only upon stepping into the main hall did one truly understand what an immortal clan that had stood for eternity was.

The floor of the palace was paved with crystalline, translucent exotic crystals in five colors. They were astonishingly enormous Law Crystals.

Two rows of silvery-white colossal pillars stood along both sides of the hall, reaching up to support the vaulted ceiling. Spiritual light flickered over them, and their entire bodies emitted a cold, clear radiance. They were Taiyin Cold Iron, a peerless material for refining sentient magical treasures.

Every furnishing within the great hall was a rare treasure beyond measure, utterly impossible to value by the quantity of Spirit Stones.

Zhao Sheng merely swept his gaze over them before quickly withdrawing it and looking toward the center of the hall.

There stood enormous Lotus Platforms, arranged in three tiers. Four of them already had occupants, each exuding a mighty aura as vast as the sea. Their cultivation was clearly all above the Void Return Realm.

There were also two or three people seated upon each of the second- and third-tier Lotus Platforms, all of them looking over with differing expressions.

The main Lotus Platform at the very head of the hall was undoubtedly a size larger than the rest. Sitting cross-legged atop it was a towering "man of light," his entire body shrouded in dazzling dharma light, concealing his features.

A distance of roughly a hundred zhang lay between the Lotus Platforms and Zhao Sheng. The void before him appeared tranquil, but hidden currents churned beneath the surface.

Countless fluctuations of laws surged and intertwined, fine and dense as threads, forming an invisible "barrier" that blocked the path of Zhao Sheng and the other two.

Seeing this, how