The roaring mountain gale rushed through the wide-open blast doors of the profound ark, carrying with it a heavy, suffocating scent of ancient primordial earth, molten ore, and concentrated draconic spiritual energy.
As everyone walked out of the profound ark onto the wide, floating celestial stone bridge that extended from the ark toward the ground, Shen Haoran immediately turned his head and saw the massive, towering stone paifang gate.
The colossal archway scraped the high clouds, its pillars entwined with coiled stone wyrms whose open jaws breathed ancient runes into the mist.
Suspended between its two colossal pillars, a radiant, slowly swirling vortex of incandescent golden and jade-green energy rippled like the surface of a deep ocean, connecting the mortal realm to the untamed depths of the Celestial Dragon Vault.
