Across the Icefield.
Cracks appeared on the surface of the frozen wall, hundreds of meters high.
The cracks kept spreading.
The Ice Wall, three thousand meters deep, shattered with a roar.
Five-Colored Divine Light burst from the Ice Wall, turning into countless streams of cloud and mist that churned endlessly in midair.
No one had ever seen anything like it.
The Returners still inside the Ice Wall all withdrew, fleeing across the Icefield in panic.
Inside the Fortress.
Many experts flew up and looked toward the Ice Wall.
The clouds and mist spanning three thousand meters slowly rose into the sky, releasing millions of auspicious rays.
Deep within the light, the faint outline of a vast, towering palace could be seen.
Before everyone's eyes.
The palace, wreathed in cloud and mist, slowly rose from the Ice Wall and vanished into the depths of the heavens.
—The palace was gone!
Sky and earth, wind and snow, and the Ice Wall all returned to normal.
Even the three-thousand-li stretch of shattered Ice Wall had been restored, with no sign that it had ever broken apart.
Everything that had just happened seemed never to have happened at all, as though it had been a dream.
Everyone stared in astonishment.
Only the Ancient Gods looked thoughtful.
At the same moment.
Inside the Fortress.
Li Bai raised his Long Sword toward the sky and said sharply:
"Confer—"
After that one word, he planted his sword in the floor, caught his breath, picked up the wine jug from the table, and drained it in one go.
"Confer what?" Xu Yuan asked.
"That depends on you," Li Bai said.
"Me?" Xu Yuan pointed at himself. "Can I make myself Heavenly Emperor?"
"Of course not." Li Bai rolled his eyes at him. "Above Heavenly Generals are Star Officials.