Inside Spirit Crane Space, everyone peered through the Light Screen at the empty Void outside, puzzled.
"There's nothing here."
Myna bird tilted his head. "Sister Crane, did you get the wrong place?"
"I couldn't have!"
Little Crane swept a wing, sending a silver ray into the Void ahead.
The next moment, something unexpected happened.
The once-empty Void rippled like water.
Ripples spread outward from the center, gradually revealing the outline of a magnificent building.
It was a Palace built entirely of white jade, only about a thousand zhang across, yet it radiated an ancient, solemn air.
Three ancient characters were carved above its main entrance.
Though no one recognized the script, their meaning surfaced naturally in everyone's mind the moment they saw it—Heart-Questioning Hall.
"Heart-Questioning Hall?"
The Chaos Heart-Devouring Worm frowned. "Why is there a Palace here?"
Inside Spirit Crane Space, Void Heaven could not help asking, "Master, did you take a wrong turn? There was nothing like this on the Heaven-Stealing Path we traveled before!"
"Exactly! This Palace wasn't there!" Void Earth chimed in.
"It wasn't?"
Little Crane froze at their words.
"They're right!" Void Man added.
"But I followed the route recorded in the Yin-Yang Jade Atlas!" Little Crane replied.
The Nether Prison Immortal King looked at Heart-Questioning Hall outside. "The Yin-Yang Jade records many Heaven-Stealing Paths. Could this one be a different Path to Heaven from the one Void Emperor opened?"
The Black Phoenix Immortal King spoke up too. "Yes. Tens of millions of years have passed, and the environment of the Land of Ending keeps changing. Over all that time, could the Paths to Heaven opened by Void Emperor have connected with paths opened by other experts?"
"That's possible," Void Heaven said with a nod.
Fang Chen studied Heart-Questioning Hall. "But why would a Palace like