Zhao Xuanji led the way through a heavily guarded secret passage deep within the Imperial Palace, one riddled with traps and Divine Soul Restrictions. He then stepped onto a narrow, spiral staircase that descended into the depths, only wide enough for a single person.
The staircase seemed endless, spiraling downward for at least a thousand steps.
Upon reaching the last step, the space before them opened up dramatically.
Qi Yun's pupils contracted, an almost imperceptible movement.
This was… the core of an inverted meteorite.
A massive spherical space, roughly a hundred zhang across, appeared before them.
The space was a strange, semi-transparent crystalline structure of dark silver.
Within the crystal, it was as if the fragments of a billion stars and magnificent nebular dust had been frozen in time. They swirled slowly, emitting a soft, mysterious glow that illuminated the entire space.
