True Immortal Realm, Ascension Platform.
This was Zhou Yang's third time arriving at the Ascension Platform, and his feelings were completely different from the previous two times.
The first time he came here, he had been brought over as a prisoner. His consciousness had been sealed the entire way, and he had felt nothing at all.
The second time, he had merely been a passing traveler in a hurry. Though curious about the place, he had not dared look around too much.
Now, on his third visit, he had already risen into the highest echelon of the human race in the True Immortal Realm. At last, he could properly take in the scenery here.
On the floating immortal islands throughout the Ascension Platform stood countless magnificent pavilions and jade halls. The number of immortals residing here actually exceeded that at the headquarters of the Dongzhen Immortal Court.
In truth, among the seven departments under the Dongzhen Immortal Court, the Ascension Platform had always been the most unusual.
Because it connected to numerous lower realms while also bearing responsibility for guarding the void of the human immortal domains, its personnel far exceeded those of the other departments.
Moreover, aside from the immortal officials who held formal positions, the Ascension Platform also had many unofficial personnel not included in the Dongzhen Immortal Court's official establishment.
These unofficial personnel vastly outnumbered the formal immortal officials.
And according to Zhou Yang's knowledge, the Ascension Platform also possessed more Void Returning True Monarchs than any other department of the Immortal Court.
When he and True Monarch Li Yang's avatar arrived outside the Ascension Platform, they immediately sensed the concealed auras of four experts at the same level within it.
"Ah, it is Fellow Daoist Li Yang of the Crimson Firmament Immortal Palace!"
"And this fellow