After Zhang Yu and Xu Chengtong stepped onto the seventh level, another barrier of restrictions appeared before them. Seeing it, Zhang Yu took out the jade talisman again.
Sure enough, as soon as the talisman appeared, the barrier ahead dissolved on its own, revealing a doorway wide enough for them to pass through together.
Zhang Yu and Xu Chengtong entered and found an ascending passage ahead, seemingly leading to the upper level beneath the dome.
Xu Chengtong looked around and said, "Inspector, judging by this location, the place we are heading for should be directly beneath the Grand Ritual Platform."
Zhang Yu considered this for a moment and said, "We'll know once we go up."
The two proceeded upward along the passageway. Along the way, they encountered several more barriers of restrictions, all of which were dissolved one by one by the jade talisman.
Yet the more tightly guarded this place was, the more it showed the importance of the object placed on the final level.
After removing the last restriction, they emerged from the upward passage. At that moment, both heard a low humming sound by their ears.
The sound was not particularly loud, yet Zhang Yu's Heartlight Seal and the protective mana around Xu Chengtong both began to sway, as though they had suffered some violent impact.
The source of all this commotion was a massive golden sphere at the upper end of the dome.
The object spun incessantly. Its speed was so great that, at first glance, it seemed frozen in place.
Zhang Yu's gaze flickered. He could tell that this was not a solid object at all, but was composed entirely of a golden liquid. As it spun violently, it drew an invisible force in from every direction and then transmitted it outward, like a human