This martial uncle of mine sure has a lot going on!
Yellow Dragon hesitated for a moment, then turned back toward the Hall of High Heaven.
Haotian would not have called him back for no reason. There had to be something he wanted.
Haotian was not alone in the Hall of High Heaven this time.
Yaochi Golden Mother sat beside him in a phoenix chair, dressed in rainbow-colored robes and wearing a phoenix crown. Her face was dignified and beautiful.
Donghua Sovereign stood to one side with his hands behind his back, his expression steady.
He was the Heavenly Court's longest-serving immortal. He had built its original framework piece by piece.
He was an indispensable pillar of the Heavenly Court, though his cultivation had remained at the peak of Great Luo.
The three nodded in greeting when Yellow Dragon entered.
Yellow Dragon stepped forward and cupped his hands. "Greetings, Heavenly Emperor, Queen Mother, and fellow Daoist Donghua."
Haotian got straight to the point. "Yellow Dragon, I called you here today to discuss a matter of great importance."
He rose and walked to the center of the Hall of High Heaven, then raised his hand and sent out a beam of spirit light.
The light spread through the air, forming a panoramic image of the Heavenly Court above the Primordial World.
Within it, towering celestial palaces rose amid swirling clouds, their halls stretching into the distance.
"Yellow Dragon." Haotian finally spoke, his voice tight with suppressed anger. "Look at the North Heavenly Gate."
With a wave of his hand, he changed the image in the hall's spirit-light mirror to a live view of the North Heavenly Gate.
The North Heavenly Gate was the Heavenly Court's only portal still in operation. Its gate tower soared high, with hundreds of armed and armored