The palace doors stood wide open. A Six Desires Heavenly Demon waited at the entrance to greet them—a familiar face to Su Che.
Miaogaotian.
He had appeared in his true form, richly dressed and handsome: a dashing young gentleman of the demon realm.
"Senior Brother, I told you long ago that Fellow Daoist Maiyi had a special understanding of the Law of the Grand Void. Do you believe me now?"
"Exquisite indeed. Far from ordinary."
Worry-Free Heaven laughed heartily.
Pride showed in Maiyi's eyes as well.
Su Che knew the mysteries of the Grand Void were beside the point. Maiyi was pleased because everyone liked to help carry a flowered sedan chair. The Northern Pole Origin Palace had put on such a grand reception, and two Six Desires Heavenly Demons had lavished praise on him. Naturally, he could get what he wanted.
That was what truly delighted him.
Miaogaotian gestured them inside. The hall was even more magnificent.
Twenty-four pearls from the crowns of spirit serpents were arranged in a formation that seemed to calm the seas. They hung high overhead, their light making the layers of gold and jade on the walls shine still brighter.
The floor, paved with cold jade from the seabed, gleamed faintly like moonlight. Amid the shifting reflections drifted a strange fragrance that refreshed the heart and spirit.
The scent came from the walls. Dragon marrow had been mixed into kui-sound clay and worked together with gold and jade, producing that fragrance.
Crown pearls, seabed jade, and dragon marrow were rare treasures one could only hope to stumble upon. Any one of them could be used to craft a superior magical artifact, yet the Northern Pole Origin Palace had used them to decorate a hall. Wrathful Heaven's wealth was plain to see.
So was the