I Share Five Senses with the World's Top Daughters

Qingque led the two through the corridor behind the Military Strategy Pavilion, around three moon gates, and into a narrow alley where they had not even bothered to arrange proper lighting.

At the end of the alley stood a dusty bronze door. An old plaque was embedded above it, its lettering so blurred that only the words "Light Reflection" remained legible.

"We're here, we're here." Qingque pulled a Jade Amulet from her sleeve and casually slipped it into the crack of the door.

The bronze door slid open soundlessly.

Beyond it lay an exceptionally vast domed great hall. The light was dim, with only a slowly rotating crystal suspended at the center of the dome, casting down fine motes of starlike radiance.

The floor was made of a single slab of black stone, smooth as a mirror and reflecting the faint light above. Walking across it gave one the illusion of stepping through the night sky.

Fu Xuan's steps paused for a moment at the entrance.

"The Ten Directions Light Reflection Realm..." Her voice was low, and her lashes dipped slightly. "It's still the same."

Jiang Lianqiu turned to look at her.

Noticing his line of sight, Fu Xuan turned her face away, her ears twitching. "I cultivated here for many years."

She said no more, but the step she took through the hall doors was noticeably slower.

At the center of the hall stood a circular formation as tall as two people. Its base was a whole polished Jade Amulet, its surface engraved with dense formation patterns through which faint silver-blue light flowed.

Seven or eight diviners from the Yuque Divination Commission stood around the formation, their heads lowered as they checked the data on the formation disks. Hearing footsteps, they all looked up at once.

The leading diviner