The gates slowly parted before them, not by mortal hands, but by an unseen divine force.
With nothing left to lose, the seven summoned heroes stepped forward. Their hearts filled with hope and uncertainty for what awaited them within the Celestial Palace.
Led by Sacred Sakura Saintess, Miko, the summoned heroes entered the grand hall of the Celestial Palace.
In that instant, they widened their eyes in awe.
The hall was so grand and vast, stretching endlessly like a realm with no boundaries. Many pillars carved from divine crystals that shimmered with celestial light floated neatly.
The floor was an endless sea of sacred sakura petals, glowing faintly with the essence of divine energy. The ceiling was not actually a ceiling, but the outer space sky scenery of the infinite cosmos, swirling with constellations and celestial bodies, shifting as if time flowed differently in this sacred imaginary domain.