The Two-Headed Stone Beast flew through the sky for roughly half an hour. Gradually, a dazzling tricolored glow appeared on the distant horizon, like a sea of Three-Colored Flames burning.
White, crimson, and gold light spread across the horizon, blazing along its edge as though the whole world were on fire. A vast, awe-inspiring aura rolled from it.
They flew a little closer.
Ning Xiaochuan saw an enormous white divine palace suspended amid the tricolored light. Tens of thousands of steps led to its gates, which stood over a hundred meters tall. Seventy-two immense pillars rose around it like supports holding up heaven and earth.
The white divine palace floated above the clouds, slowly descending.
It was flying down from the sky toward the ground.
"So the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace was hidden inside the black clouds all along. No wonder no one could find it. No one could fly into those clouds, so they could only wait for the palace to emerge on its own." Understanding dawned on Ning Xiaochuan.
The Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace could not remain hidden in the black clouds forever. Given enough time, it would naturally emerge.
By Ning Xiaochuan's reckoning, the palace emerged only once a year. That made this opportunity exceedingly rare. If he missed it, he would have to wait another year.
The Two-Headed Stone Beast stopped a hundred miles from the Heavenly Emperor Divine Palace and folded its wings. The massive stones of its body shifted and slid until it became a mountain of rock resting on the ground.
Once a stone beast's cultivation reached a certain level, it could change its shape at will, becoming a stone palace, mountain, or city. The Two-Headed Stone Beast had grown powerful enough to battle a Martial Venerable. Changing its shape was no great