Hao Ren looked up at the towering temple before him, marveling that such magnificent architecture had once existed on ancient Earth. If these things were exposed to the world, who knew how much upheaval they would cause? It might even completely rewrite humanity's worldview. Yet now, these temples could only drift silently through certain unknown dimensions, waiting for the passage of time to slowly erode them. Heiserana had discovered one of these temples, but how many other secret realms like this still remained hidden in unknown corners of the planet? No one could say.
The enormous temple was rectangular overall and consisted of several sections. Its original function could no longer be determined. Magnificent and ornate reliefs, along with a vast number of ancient Greek sculptures, could be seen on its outer walls. The sculptures were set into arched niches, depicting lifelike heroes and gods. At several gaps in the outer walls stood enormous white stone pillars arranged in neat rows. They still supported the temple's heavy dome, keeping the entire structure intact.
The group stood at the end of the cloud walkway. Ahead lay a broken stone path floating above the clouds. The reason for its shattered state was obvious: the entire temple hung in midair at an angle of roughly fifteen degrees. Clearly, it had not been built crooked. The fierce battle that had taken place here had destroyed the temple's balance and also torn apart the section connecting it to the cloud walkway.
Heiserana hopped effortlessly across the broken floating stones and soon stood on the temple steps opposite them. She waved vigorously. "Come on over! These stones are floating very steadily. You won't fall!"
Hao Ren carefully stepped onto the nearest floating stone and tested it with his foot. He felt only the slightest, almost imperceptible