"Boom!..."
The moment Xu Taiping's Primordial Spirit merged into the lotus, a vast, mysterious power abruptly descended, sweeping him into a wondrous realm in an instant.
He raised his eyes.
The sight before him sent a shock through his heart.
At the entrance stood an enormous Jade Gate, its top reaching the heavens and its base planted in the earth.
Its frame was covered in enigmatic patterns, as though they concealed the secrets of heaven across the ages.
Huge gemstones were embedded in the patterns, their radiance interweaving like a collapsing river of stars, their imposing power shaking the heavens.
Beside the gate, mist surged, thick as ink, churning wildly.
Two divine beasts with tiger bodies and nine heads guarded either side.
Looking up at the enormous Jade Gate, he saw five large, archaic characters emblazoned across its top: "Taihuang Huangcengtian."
Looking again, he saw densely packed scriptures carved into the Jade Gate.
Xu Taiping read two lines and discovered that it was actually a "Precious Proclamation of the Queen Mother of the West."
A ribbon-like halo dusted with golden light wound all the way from the Jade Gate to Xu Taiping's feet.
Xu Taiping frowned.
"Is this really... the entrance to the Yaochi Sacred Land?"
Just as he was puzzling over this, Abbot Jiaye's voice suddenly rang out through this realm.
"Benefactor Taiping, this is indeed the entrance to the Yaochi Sacred Land."
Abbot Jiaye continued explaining.
"Taihuang Huangcengtian is a realm within that legendary divine kingdom. As for why its name appears on the plaque above this Jade Gate..."
"It is actually the Queen Mother of the West's deliberate reminder to those entering the sacred land that, after entering the first level of the Yaochi Sacred Land, they will be bound by the Heavenly Dao Edict of Taihuang