The inside of the Star Tower resembled a pagoda.
Jiang Wang stood in the very center, with no idea which floor he was on.
All around him, the ceiling, floor, and walls were the color of gold dust.
Set in a ring along the walls, at regular intervals, hung dazzling golden shrines.
Inside the shrines were golden statues of Buddhas in every shape and form, lifelike down to the last detail.
The Star Tower had not appeared in exactly the same way as the Seven Star Tower that emerged when the Seven Star Secret Realm first opened, but it had probably followed a similar principle.
Or perhaps Master Guanyan had used some method to imitate the opening of the Seven Star Secret Realm, thereby bringing him here.
Jiang Wang could not see what lay outside. He could only feel the entire Star Tower moving.
Without anything to compare it to, he had no way to judge its speed. But it was certainly faster than Tian Xili's Daoist Art, and faster, too, than that streak of starlight Tian Anping had sent hurtling from afar with Fubi Tower.
Thinking of Tian Anping, Jiang Wang couldn't help but wonder—
Was Ji City his fortress, and Fubi Tower his military crossbow?
The last time Tian Anping had delivered an imperial edict, Jiang Wang had felt something strange. It seemed that Tian Anping's Inner Palace had extended beyond his body and fused with Ji City.
And on this night, when he had slipped into Seven Star Valley, Tian Anping had shown another trick. He had launched an attack from far away through Fubi Tower, and its might seemed no weaker than Tian Xili's.
Were these all ways Tian Anping had found to bypass the cultivation seal? Under the restrictions of the Inner Palace Realm, was