(Bonus update for number five. How many more there will be depends on the monthly votes...)
But under the pressure from outside, Tang Changsheng's Inner Heart Lamp could not hold out. Its light flickered, and illusions began to arise faintly.
Tang Changsheng's heart tightened. He reached to his waist and pulled the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp from his Marching Bag.
As with Ghost Domains and the Netherworld, only Treasured Artifacts could enter places like Spirit Realms and Daoist Grounds.
Tang Changsheng's Marching Bag had only one function, but it was still a Treasured Artifact. And though the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp had yet to develop a Spirit Void since the Void-Containing Purple Jade was added, it could be called half a Treasured Artifact.
It lit in Tang Changsheng's hand. Sky Silver turned to Wishfire and merged with the light of his Inner Heart Lamp, immediately steadying its flame.
All the pressure lifted and was driven back. With a series of hisses, the steps around him burst apart.
Tang Changsheng paid it no heed and climbed step by step. Each step burst beneath his feet, leaving footprints scorched by flame.
By the time he had climbed the dozens of steps, nearly half the Sky Silver in the Primordial Yang Divine Lamp was gone!
Two golden statues had once stood at the palace's main entrance, swords in hand. Both had been destroyed. Otherwise, Tang Changsheng could tell, they would have posed a terrible threat.
Tang Changsheng entered the golden Divine Temple. He felt like an ant walking into a human room, or a traveler entering a land of giants.
Countless enormous murals depicted one glorious victory after another, but their images had blurred beyond recognition.
Then his gaze settled on a throne directly opposite him. It was not the throne's extravagant, imposing