The clouds and mist shifted through countless forms, sometimes surging like the waves of an ocean, sometimes as serene as a beauty reflected in a mirror. Each transformation followed no discernible pattern, yet only added to their beauty and awe.
Dense heaven and earth essence mingled with the clouds and mist. If ordinary mortals could come here, even a single breath could extend their lives by ten years.
Of course, with an ordinary person's constitution, absorbing this heaven and earth essence would not be a good thing. After all, the heaven and earth essence suffusing those clouds and mist was divine power.
Could ordinary people come here?
The answer was clearly no. For this was the Divine Realm!
Atop a solitary peak wreathed in clouds and mist stood a plaza built entirely of white jade. It was vast, covering more than a thousand square meters. Countless intersecting patterns covered its surface, seemingly without order, yet following rules of their own.
More than a dozen armored soldiers stood around the edges of the plaza.
Suddenly, the patterns on the plaza lit up. The blooming light roiled like boiling water, forming thirteen bubbles.
"Thirteen?"
The disturbance in the plaza drew the attention of the soldiers guarding the formation. A middle-aged man dressed somewhat like a Christian priest rose from his seat on a raised platform nearby.
Buzz!
The spatial energy over the plaza shuddered violently. The bubbles of light burst, revealing thirty-one figures.
"Thirty-one? Nine First-Level Gods?"
The middle-aged man froze. Once his initial shock passed, he approached them with utmost reverence, bowed, and said, "Li Qiang, a Five-Star Divine Official serving under the Asura God, pays his respects to you, exalted gods."
Su Chen waved a hand, and a wisp of energy lifted the middle-aged man upright. He began surveying his