The palace buried deep beneath the desert was actually the outer palace of Zhenwu's palace, and this great hall was the outer palace's main hall.
The control hub was the Tortoise-Snake Bronze Statue in the pool. When Li Changkong inserted that bronze plaque, he had actually gained control over the entire palace.
This included control over all the mechanisms and restrictions in the outer palace, as well as its observation hub. Its entire internal layout could be seen through the Tortoise-Snake Eyes.
Now all that control belonged to Qiu Wuji.
Although this was only the outer palace, it covered an enormous area. Chu Ge had spent several days just writing about this group exploring its various areas on their dungeon run. Although Qiu Wuji had coasted along the whole way... it really was huge.
Now, after the palace had fully awakened and death had turned to life, the deathly energy within had receded and spiritual energy had returned. It no longer looked like an ancient building that had been buried for who knew how long. Instead, it looked brand-new.
Fresh flowers and spirit herbs had begun growing in the pool inside the hall and the garden outside. Even some of the precious natural treasures that had withered in the medicinal garden had begun to revive.
The underground palace began to possess beauty and vitality, becoming fit to live in.
The only thing missing was light. After all, this was still an underground city.
But the Heavenly Dao was here.
Once the dungeon storyline had reached a stopping point and its interior no longer needed to be shown to readers, the Heavenly Dao could quietly alter all sorts of things with a thought... if he needed to write about this place again later, he could simply undo the changes...
For instance,