By the narrowest of margins, they evaded the siege of the experts from the various races and stepped onto the teleportation array. The stars shifted around them, and in an instant, Bai Yang and the others had no idea how far they had traveled from Taicang Star before arriving somewhere new.
Nothing unexpected had happened, so they breathed a little easier. Bai Yang looked around, then raised his eyes to the wheel-sized, dazzling white sun in the sky. At last, he could be sure they had returned to Tianyuan Star.
They stood on an array platform atop a sea of clouds. Mist drifted all around them, and rosy light shimmered in waves. Strange beasts and spirit birds frolicked among the clouds. Farther away, seven-colored clouds rolled like a tide, stretching in a vast, endless expanse to the horizon. Through those turbulent clouds, the gilded eaves and elaborate brackets of a palace complex appeared and vanished. Clearly, a vast palace lay within.
Above the palaces, golden light surged in boundless waves, as if dozens of golden kingdoms were piled atop one another. Within them, nine awe-inspiring, nine-clawed golden dragons appeared and disappeared, occasionally revealing a scale or claw that made the heart tremble.
Below the palaces, floating islands drifted through the void. Some were blanketed in snow, others lush and green, and still others bursting with flowers. Elegant buildings stood upon them, making the islands seem like a celestial paradise.
Far beneath the countless floating islands lay a city so vast that words could not describe it. It stretched endlessly, all the way to the edge of sight.
As Bai Yang paused to survey their surroundings, five Emperor-level experts in uniform battle armor immediately surrounded them, their expressions wary.
These five Emperor-level experts were responsible for guarding the teleportation array. With