Chapter 518: The Dao and Its Methods
As the radiance descended onto the jade platform, it immediately scattered into a soft mist of light. At the same time, distant, ethereal Dao music drifted forth, and the petals in the surrounding sea of flowers slowly danced and fluttered along with the luminous mist.
Zhang Yu looked into the light and saw the figure of a Daoist seated there. Yet apart from the outline of his body, his features remained impossible to discern.
This was surely intentional concealment on the other party's part. If one's cultivation was insufficient, or one lacked the seal bestowed by the Profound Court for protection, then staring directly at a Profound Venerable—even merely an avatar of one—could damage one's soul and consciousness.
The outer layer differed from the inner layer. It was difficult for Profound Venerables to cast their full power here for any prolonged period, so they could only stand guard within Sky City through divided avatars.
This applied not only to the Profound Venerables of Celestial Xia. Even those powerful evil gods kept their true bodies hidden deep within the void and rarely showed themselves, allowing only traces of their power to leak out from time to time.
The cultivators of Upper Firmament Heaven were much the same. Once one reached the level of a Profound Venerable, one generally remained hidden within Upper Firmament Heaven.
Thus, most of those currently active outside and responsible for warfare were middle- and lower-ranking cultivators, evil god scions of that level, and all manner of aberrant beings.
At that moment, the Daoist looked toward the crowd, his gaze lingering briefly upon several people, Zhang Yu among them. Only after a moment did he sit down amid the reflection of clear radiance.
Another chime then rang out, and the voice