Sky Demon Palace
Sun Yue put away the Transmission Mirror and stood motionless, gazing at Shi Yue.
"Where does your master usually live? Isn't Sky Demon Palace Shi Lang's residence?" Shi Yue asked with a frown.
"Purple Flame Palace is Master's residence. Sky Demon Palace is Ancestor Master's cave abode. Without Ancestor Master's permission, no one may enter Sky Demon Palace—not even Master," Sun Yue answered honestly.
Hearing this, Shi Yue was certain the forbidden area lay inside Sky Demon Palace. The most dangerous place was the safest.
Shi Lang was too cunning. He had actually built his cave abode right at the entrance to the forbidden area. He had gone out to wage war and left his most trusted disciple to guard the abode—this was practically an open invitation to suspicion.
"Let's go. Take me to Sky Demon Palace," Shi Yue ordered. He turned into a streak of green light and vanished into Sun Yue's sleeve.
Sun Yue strode outside. The palace gates opened and closed on their own.
Half a quarter-hour later, she appeared at the foot of a steep, ten-thousand-zhang peak. Dense black mist shrouded everything above the halfway point, obscuring the upper slopes from view.
Not far away stood a silver stone tablet more than ten zhang tall, inscribed with three large black characters: "Sky Demon Peak." They shimmered with spiritual light.
The moment she appeared at the foot of the mountain, the black mist churned. A black cloud ladder hundreds of zhang long flew out and landed before Sun Yue. She stepped onto it, and the ladder swept her into the black mist.
Her vision blurred, and she suddenly appeared inside a gloomy black grand hall. Several ferocious Demon Head designs were carved into the stone walls. On either side stood two green cauldrons, each