The Creation Sect now occupied the Soaring Dragon Mountain Range, and it had built no fewer than a hundred palaces. Yet this Creation Dao Palace was different. The Creation Dao Palace had been created through the combined efforts of Xiong Yi, Lan Dianzi, and Li Xiang, while the restrictions within had been personally laid down by Xiao Hua. Its runes contained not only Daoist restrictive arts, but also Confucian dragon aura, claiming all the fortune of tens of thousands of miles around. On the day the Creation Dao Palace's restrictions were completed, a faint dragon's roar rose from beneath the earth, followed by nine-colored clouds blazing into the heavens. Had Xiao Hua not concealed it with the complete Duotian Star Array, it would likely have drawn the covetous eyes of the Confucian cultivators long ago.
Xiao Hua descended before the Creation Dao Palace, paused slightly, then strode up the steps. There were three hundred and sixty-five stairs before the Creation Dao Palace. At their center were Daoist Talismans carved in soaring dragons and dancing phoenixes, along with inscriptions of mountains, rivers, and the realm. Walking upon them, one could feel a supreme majesty emanating from the stairs.
Xiao Hua had just led Xiong Yi and the others up the steps when he saw the Black Bear Spirit kneeling there with the White Lion and Golden Condor to welcome him. The Black Bear Spirit cried out loudly, "Welcome, Master, into the hall!"
Following the Black Bear Spirit's shout, a roar like mountains calling and seas crashing came from the platform above the stairs. "Welcome, Master, into the hall..." On the platform, a dense black mass of Creation Sect disciples knelt in worship.
"Rise." Xiao Hua stepped onto the platform, transformed into a rainbow, and landed within the main hall. Standing before