Where cloud waves surged and churned, a grand, colossal city floated above the clouds, half-hidden and half-revealed amid gilded sunlight and crimson mists. This was Baiyun Immortal City, whose might shook the Yunxiao Mountain Range.
The Jade Cloud Boat passed through layer upon layer of cloud and mist, and the outline of the immortal city emerged in its true form from the rolling cloud waves, appearing before Yang Zhengshan's eyes.
The city wall, thirty zhang tall, stretched across the clouds like a silver dragon coiled in place. Its surface seemed as though white clouds of all shapes had been frozen into ice—some like galloping steeds, others like Kunpeng spreading their wings—refracting seven-colored flowing light beneath the sun.
Every eight zhang along the city wall stood an Octagonal Watchtower, and atop each tower was embedded a transparent sphere the size of a washbasin, giving off a soft, luminous glow.
"Those are Tongming Breaking Baleful Beads. Each one is a low-grade Magic Treasure, and the entire wall of Baiyun Immortal City has a full three hundred and sixty of them embedded in it!"
"Breaking Baleful Beads, just as the name suggests, can break and dispel Killing Intent, preventing it from invading the city. In addition, the Breaking Baleful Beads can also provide illumination. At night, the three hundred and sixty Breaking Baleful Beads will light the entire Baiyun Immortal City until it is clear and bright, just like daytime!"
On the Jade Cloud Boat, Yunxiao explained Baiyun Immortal City's structures to Yang Zhengshan.
"Look at that city wall. It's said that a third-tier mid-grade Formation, the Heaven and Earth Myriad Cloud Thunder Evil-Slaying Array, has been arranged upon it. This array borrows the power of the starry constellations in the sky vault above, connects below to the spiritual energy of the great