Above the nine heavens, within the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace.
Three years had passed. Liang Zhaohuang had entered the world's origin many times through the Five Elements Heaven-Mending Grand Formation. Though he had repeatedly encountered clashes between the Human Emperor and the Four-Headed Demon Dragon there, forcing him to withdraw in haste, there were still peaceful intervals that allowed him to quietly investigate the roots of heaven and earth and conduct a few experiments.
Although those experiments had yet to yield anything, each time, Liang Zhaohuang used the Five-Colored Stone to seize some Five Elements origin power from the world's origin. Most of it was sent into the Phoenix Dharma Aspect for storage, to serve as a reserve in battle; a smaller portion was merged into the Five Elements Heaven-Mending Grand Formation, spurring the rapid growth of the Five Elements Dragon Wood and the continual expansion of the five secret realms.
In just three years, the Golden Dragon Fruits hanging from the Gold Dragon Wood in the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace had fully ripened. The Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace itself had expanded to an extent almost visible to the naked eye. After inspecting it, Liang Zhaohuang found that its area had nearly doubled compared to when it had first begun.
Liang Zhaohuang was already considering how to make use of the expanded portion of the Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace.
Back then, the Eight Directions Pavilion had built this Cloud Firmament Heavenly Palace to seek the path to immortality, while also leaving behind sufficient inheritances and supplies within it—a retreat for the Eight Directions Pavilion, a foundation from which to rise again.
Though, in the end, most of those inheritances and supplies had benefited him and the family.
Still, Liang Zhaohuang could not help entertaining the same thoughts as the Eight