The flying carriage passed through the sea of clouds. Before long, a nine-tiered platform built entirely of white jade appeared ahead.
Zhang Yu shifted his gaze and saw another lofty platform of similar design not far away, fashioned from black jade and facing it across the distance. Currents of clear and turbid qi revolved back and forth between the two platforms, as though evolving the yin and yang dual principles.
He had read of them in the records and knew these were the World-Observing Platform and the Heaven-Questioning Platform. As far as he knew, the Clear-Heaven Star Compass was upon the World-Observing Platform.
Since the Heaven-Questioning Platform stood alongside the World-Observing Platform, there ought to be a similar ritual implement within it. Yet the records contained no mention of it whatsoever. Whatever was inside, it was surely something of utmost importance.
As the flying carriage drew near, it descended before the World-Observing Platform. A divine attendant immediately came forward to greet them, bowing as he said, "Guardian of Rectitude, the three Court Executors are awaiting you in the hall. Please follow this little god."
Zhang Yu nodded and entered the great platform under his guidance. He saw that exceptionally stringent restrictions had been laid throughout the platform from top to bottom. One could only ascend step by step from its base and could not travel through the air.
When he had approached earlier, he had also sensed an extremely tightly arranged forbidden formation outside the platform, though it was not currently in operation.
Upon reaching the ninth tier, they entered a vast hall. Great pillars coiled with dragons stood within, and the dragons upon those pillars were no mere decorations—they were ritual implements infused with the essences of dragons and flood dragons. As he entered, pairs of dragon eyes all