Jade towers adjoined garden courts, and jeweled trees stood beside the steps.
Everywhere were courtyard gates amid azure clouds, tier upon tier of gold-dusted balustrades.
Within that Golden Palace Qi Hut built personally for the Profound Darkness Five Manifestations Dao Lord, Chen Jade Pivot wore a smile, yet his eyes were cold and indifferent, a savage gleam flickering in their depths.
It secretly chilled Tao Shaojun, who was playing a board game with him nearby. She felt as though something exceedingly dangerous had fixed its gaze on her; her scalp prickled, and a deep fear arose without cause!
Yet before she could compose her words, the savage gleam in Chen Jade Pivot's eyes vanished without a trace.
His smooth brow was as tranquil as deep mountains, his bearing detached and serene, like a hermit gathering wild vetch in the hills and idly listening to falling blossoms, aloof from the mortal dust.
He casually picked up a game piece and tossed it into the air. It became a Rain Swallow with lacquer-black eyes, beat its wings, and suddenly pierced the clouds, boring through the Grotto-Heaven's barrier to destinations unknown.
"Who are you sending a message to?"
A deafening rumble rang out over the sea, and the waters parted to reveal an enormous serpent.
With a single shake of his serpentine body, he became a streak of gray light that swept aside the clouds and mist, rose a hundred thousand feet into the sky, and revealed Yue You's form.
"Have someone bring in more flesh and blood to eat. My mouth's grown so tasteless these past few days a bird could fly out of it. I'm sick of eating those little fish and shrimp!"
Yue You strode brazenly into the Golden Palace Qi Hut. After nodding to Tao Shaojun, he spoke to