The Killing Outweighed the Treasures (Third Update, Please Vote)

The entrance to Jade Void Palace was a spacious hall, with bronze pillars and ever-burning lamps lining both sides. Beyond it lay a corridor that wound across a boundless, flat lake. The lake held not a single drop of water, and its depths were too dark to see, as if it led straight to the Nine Nether Demon Realm. It sent a chill down the spine.

The corridor was built from wood Meng Qi could not identify. A faint, grassy fragrance drifted from it. The wood was deep blue, almost black; when he stepped onto it, there was no sound of his footfall, and he could sense no solidity beneath him. It was like walking through the void.

Daring not to delay, Meng Qi hurried forward, carefully inspecting the restrictions as he went. But he did not dare fly above the corridor or stray from it, for the dry, bottomless lake filled him with a terrifying sense of danger!

He flew for a while, but ahead there was still only the straight corridor and the dark, waterless lake, no different from before. There was no end in sight. Meng Qi found it strange. Jade Void Palace was the residence of the Jade Void Lineage; a corridor this long did not seem to suit ordinary needs.

Could the Jade Void Lineage have a way to cross this place quickly?

Rushing ahead recklessly was no way forward. Pausing briefly to think might get him there faster. That was Meng Qi's approach now: he slowed down a little so he could observe his surroundings.

The lake was dry, without lotus flowers or fish, and its bottom was nowhere to be seen. There was nothing to use as a reference point; everything looked exactly as it had when he set off, as though he