Great Scarlet Heaven.
Ever since Interflowing Union had been attained, the Grotto-Heaven had grown broader and more wondrous. It even possessed a remarkably complete earth and sky now, no longer hanging in the Void as it once had, and brimmed with greater vitality.
The Immortal-Granting Bureau had also been renamed.
Tiantuo had taken it upon himself to begin construction, raising dozens of Mysterious Palaces. The largest and most spacious of them was solemn and profound, azure-gold in hue, with Mystic Flowers everywhere. Its plaque bore three great characters written by Tiantuo himself:
[Wondrous Solemnity Palace]
Figures gradually appeared on the Cloud Path outside the palace: several maidservants were leading a Sword Immortal clad in an azure-gold Robe of Law inside.
What a wondrous palace and divine hall, rich with Lesser Yang energy... Whenever I came to this Mysterious Heaven before, I only cultivated and saw nothing else. When did a place like this appear?
All manner of guesses arose in Xu Ming's mind. Though his father had hinted at this place's special nature, experiencing it firsthand still left him shaken.
Father, just how much more have you hidden? Thought after thought arose, but what finally welled up in Xu Ming's heart was admiration for his father.
"The Mysterious Palace is just ahead. Please enter, True Person Xuanxian."
The maidservant beside him stopped and bowed slightly, motioning for the Lesser Yang Sword Immortal to enter the Mysterious Palace.
"Thank you for showing me the way, fellow Daoist."
The cultivation of most maidservants, Daoist attendants, and heavenly soldiers Xu Ming had seen along the way was unfathomable. Some seemed to be at the Purple Mansion realm.
*These figures are probably practitioners of the Divine Dao... Either that, or some Dharma Method fashioned them directly, imbuing them with Divine Status. That would explain