Above the cloud-capped peaks of the Grand Void Illusion Realm, platforms moved from the Heavenly Palace rose into the air. At their center, the Illusion Priest manifested a scene depicting a portion of Yujing Mountain. Unfortunately, even with the Illusion Priest’s capabilities, he could not directly pierce the barrier of the Library. He could only observe the scene on the white jade plaza where Zhou Yulong had secured the Taiji Yin-Yang Bracelet and been invited inside by the Empress.
"It seems he was never one of us after all!" the Thunder Priest snorted.
If Zhou Yulong had fought the Empress atop the Twelve-Story Pagoda earlier, the vast majority of the Nine Archaic Gods pantheon would have intervened. That would have been the true opportunity to tear Great Xia apart from within. Whether through the differing stances of the Hundred Schools of Thought or the shift from material life to spiritual cognition, Zhou Tieyi’s Five Immortals Dao was capable of completely stripping away the facade of Great Xia’s current golden age.
Chapter 538