"This Fiery Cloud Technique is indeed abstruse and difficult to comprehend. I'll have to ask His Majesty for guidance when I have the time."

The young emperor Liu Tianming came back to his senses with a start and looked at the jade slip in his hand, sighing deeply.

He shook his head, put away the jade slip, and quickened his pace. Soon, he arrived at a majestic white jade hall at the peak, with the words "Sea of Books" inscribed on the golden plaque above.

There were no guards at the entrance of the hall, but on each side stood a towering bronze beast statue, each seven to thirty metres tall—one a cyan giant lion, the other a beast resembling a horse with an extremely long neck.