The ancient return was exposed by his sister's live stream.

Xuan Dian Tai is a library-style building. It is three stories high and the interior is entirely made of stone shelves.

However, the stone shelf was mostly empty, with only a few fragments of scrolls and a few jade discs used for recording remaining.

Chen Siyao checked everything and took all the usable items.

Tianyi Golden Pool is located in the southeast corner of the palace complex. It is a circular pool, about ten meters in diameter, with its walls engraved with water-attribute array patterns. The pool has dried up, leaving only a layer of grayish-white crystals at the bottom.

"This should be used to temper water-attribute magical artifacts," Chen Siyao judged. "The pool water has long since evaporated."

Huixian Fudi is an open courtyard area with stone tables and benches, rockeries and flowing water, although the water has dried up.

The layout is very similar to the back garden of a Taoist temple on Blue Star, only ten times larger.

Finally, there is the Five Materials Palace.

This place made Yang Wanqing's eyes light up.

The layout of the Five Materials Palace is similar to that of the Alchemy Chamber, but on a larger scale. It is divided into five areas, each corresponding to one of the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth for refining materials.

Most of the shelves are empty. The areas with wood and water attributes are almost completely empty. These two types of materials are difficult to preserve; over thousands of years, they would either rot or evaporate.

However, there is still some stock in the metallic area.

"Refined Gold!" Yang Wanqing rushed over. "Yaoyao! There's more here!"

Chen Siyao went over to take a look. There were seven or eight pieces of different kinds of metal materials scattered on the shelf. Their quality was not as good as Taiyi Gold Essence, but they were already excellent items for cultivators at this stage.

"I'll take it," Chen Siyao said.

Yang Wanqing didn't need her to repeat herself.

I've seen everything. It took most of the day.

Yang Wanqing leaned against the stone bridge railing, resting his chin on his arm.

"Yaoyao, where to next?"

Chen Siyao stood in the middle of the stone bridge, gazing into the distance.

Amidst the sea of ​​clouds, the outlines of floating architectural complexes can be seen in all directions. The Tushita Palace is one of them, and it is relatively large in scale.

But to the northwest, there is a group of buildings that is significantly larger.

The eaves overlap, creating distinct layers, and the area it occupies is estimated to be three to four times the size of the Tushita Palace.

"Go over there." Chen Siyao pointed to the northwest, "the biggest one."

Yang Wanqing looked in the direction she was pointing. "Oh, that big one. It really is big. Why don't we go there first?"

"It's far. It takes more than an hour to walk there. And," Chen Siyao paused.

"And what?"

"The Supreme Lord Laozi's Tushita Palace is all here. That largest palace complex..."

She didn't finish speaking.

But Yang Wanqing's mind worked quickly. "You mean...it wouldn't happen to be the Lingxiao Palace, would it?"

Chen Siyao neither denied nor confirmed the allegations.

"We'll see after we leave."

The stone bridge extends northwest.

As you walk along, the density of buildings on both sides increases. From scattered small halls to clusters of courtyards, and then to independent palace complexes with walls, the scale of the buildings increases.

As Yang Wanqing walked, he counted: "One, two, three... We've passed eight separate palaces along this road alone. The building density here is much higher than that of the Tushita Palace area."

"The core area," Chen Siyao said.

Chen Hao walked ahead, his steps steady, without looking left or right. He had clearly walked this road before.

Forty minutes later.

A plaza appeared at the end of the stone bridge.

The ground was paved with white jade and covered an extremely large area; Chen Siyao estimated it to be at least the width of three football fields.

In the center of the square stands a stone incense burner, about five meters high, with three legs and two handles, simple and solemn.

The north side of the square.

palace.

It's not "one" palace. It's the main gate of "an entire" palace complex.

The gate tower is over fifteen meters high, a full level higher than the main gate of the Tushita Palace.

The massive vermilion pillars are not decorated with simple cloud patterns, but with human figures.

At least twenty human figures in different poses, with different clothing, ritual implements, and faces, are carved on one pillar.

The eaves of the gate tower are even more exaggerated than those of the Tushita Palace, with copper bells hanging from the eaves that sway slightly in the airflow and make a very soft sound.

Yang Wanqing looked up at the gate tower until his neck ached.

"This is way too big."

The chat is already buzzing with excitement...

"Here it comes!"

"Is that the Lingxiao Palace?!"

"It's so big, it definitely is!"

"Look at the plaque! Look what's written on it!"

Chen Siyao was watching too.

Above the door, in the center, is a plaque.

The grayish-white stone is three times larger than the plaque of the Tushita Palace. The characters are clear, and the weathering is less than that of the Tushita Palace, possibly due to the better material.

Three words.

Chen Siyao took five seconds to recognize it.

The viewers in the live stream got impatient: "Say it! What word is it?!"

"Yaoyao, stop keeping me in suspense!"

"Is it the three characters 'Lingxiao Palace'?"

"The Lingxiao Palace upstairs has three characters, while the Lingxiao Treasure Palace has four characters."

"Who cares how many words there are! It must be something important!"

Chen Siyao spoke up.

"Yuxu Palace."

The chat was silent for a second.

Then...

"……what?"

"Not the Lingxiao Palace?"

What is the Jade Void Hall?

"I thought it was the main hall of Heaven..."

"Disappointed, brothers."

"Wait, Jade Void? Isn't the Jade Void Palace the Daoist temple of the Primordial Celestial Venerable?"

The discussion shifted after that last comment appeared.

"That's right! Jade Void Palace is the headquarters of the Chan Sect! It's the territory of the Primordial Celestial Venerable!"

"So this isn't the Heavenly Emperor's palace, but the palace of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable?"

"Wasn't it said before that the Thirty-Three Heavens were under the jurisdiction of the Chan Sect? Wouldn't it be reasonable for the management center to be located in the Chan Sect's palace?"

"It makes sense... but I still want to see the Lingxiao Palace."

Chen Siyao ignored the comments. She had already crossed the threshold.

Inside the hall...

open.

Extremely open.

After entering, there is a wide central corridor with five thick pillars on each side.

The columns are not carved, but the surface is polished to a very smooth finish, and the natural patterns inside the stone can be faintly seen.

The main hall is at the end of the passageway.

The main hall's doors were wide open. The doors were adorned with two dragons... no, not dragons. They were qilin (mythical creatures).

Two qilin stood back to back, their four hooves treading on clouds, their manes flowing.

We entered the main hall.

open.

The hall is about fifty meters deep and thirty meters wide. In the center is a three-tiered platform, on which sits a huge stone table, not a couch, but a desk. It is shaped like a long table, with seven stone chairs behind it.

Seven.

The stone chairs are all the same style, but each chair has a different emblem on its back.

Chen Siyao walked closer to take a look.

On the back of the first chair, there is a lotus flower.

The second one, a sliver of stars.

The third one—a precious sword.

The fourth item is a bronze mirror.

The fifth one is a pagoda.

The sixth one is a gourd.

The seventh one is a zither.

Seven different symbols. Seven different sects.

"This isn't a throne," Chen Siyao said. "This is a conference table."

Yang Wanqing also realized it. "Seven chairs, seven sects? Didn't they say before that the Chan Sect had a seven-sect alliance?"

"It matches up."

Chen Siyao went around to the back of the stone table and found a flat jade plate embedded in the table surface.

The jade plaque has fine grooves on its surface, which were probably used to place documents or display materials.

She walked around the main hall. There were niches on the walls on both sides, and stone scrolls were placed in the niches.

"The information is here."

She took down the first volume.