Vast Origin Heaven, Great Freedom Palace.
The golden palace was as magnificent and solemn as ever, but the golden spiritual qi flowing through its halls now rose and swelled like dust in the air, lacking its former fluid suppleness.
Gao Xian had visited Great Freedom Palace once before, and he immediately noticed the abnormal changes in its spiritual qi environment.
As heaven and earth underwent their great upheaval, the myriad heavens and worlds were continuously collapsing toward the human realm. The void trembled without cease, already exerting an enormous impact upon the human realm.
The various Grotto-Heavens that depended on the human realm for their existence had been hit especially hard.
Crimson Sun Heaven was so affected, and Vast Origin Heaven was no exception.
Yet with Xuanming Heavenly Venerable presiding over Vast Origin Heaven, the spiritual qi of Great Freedom Palace could still barely circulate in stable fashion, though it could not conceal its turbulent state.
"This junior pays respects to Heavenly Venerable." Gao Xian cupped his hands and bowed.
After seven hundred years, Xuanming Heavenly Venerable had changed somewhat. He still appeared as young and handsome as before, yet a profound weariness lay between his brows and in his eyes.
Naturally, Gao Xian could only perceive this so clearly through the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling Divine Seal.
It was rather discourteous to use a secret art to peer at Xuanming Heavenly Venerable. Fortunately, the Great Might Heavenly Dragon Law-Controlling Divine Seal was unique: it operated entirely passively and would not make contact with Xuanming Heavenly Venerable.
Even if Xuanming Heavenly Venerable sensed something amiss, he would not know exactly what Gao Xian was doing.
Gao Xian did not think it amounted to much. Xuanming Heavenly Venerable was a dignified eighth-rank Heavenly Venerable—what could he lose from being looked