Wangxiang Platform.
The meaning behind the name is self-evident.
The three characters are written vertically, and to their left are two columns of text—the couplet from the dilapidated pagoda:
"Truth travels beyond the heavens, swords fall among the stars; if not a fairyland, then what is a fairyland?
Awakening from a dream, stepping into the void to return; is it the mortal world, or is it not the mortal world?"
The moment the vortex in the sky dissipated, the four great relics—the Sword Tomb, the Demon Burial Ground, the Ancient Battlefield, and the Forest of Steles by the ruined pagoda—all closed.
The outsiders who remained in the small town all gathered below the Wangxiang Platform.
The first to arrive was Cui Youlin, the seventh young master of the Cui clan. He had changed into a purple robe and held a jade fan, appearing dashing and free-spirited.
After a brief glance at the couplet on the platform wall, he leaped up, ascending directly to the top.
Soon, Xiao Ye, with his imposing, powerful stature, also arrived.
He, too, scanned the couplet before stepping into the air and rising.
The third to arrive was the young, rotund Daoist Zhang Yiguan. He traveled from afar on a paper flying horse, heading straight for the Wangxiang Platform.
Pei He, the sword cultivator.
Lin Wei, who carried a coffin on his back.
Cao Zaokong, the Ninth Prince of Great Wei, the young girl in white robes disguised as a man, and Zhao Tieyi, the blade-wielder, arrived one after another and ascende…
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