The palace was lavish. Everywhere Qin An looked, gold and splendor dazzled his eyes, as though every precious thing in the world had been used to build it.
Standing within the palace, Qin An looked up and felt impossibly small.
Even its doors were more than a hundred times larger than those of an ordinary palace.
Waves of solemn, terrifying power spread from the palace doors, filling his heart with gravity and pressing down on him with seemingly endless force.
Qin An surveyed his surroundings, frowning slightly. Why am I the only one here?
He had been sucked into the palace alongside the Mountain Patrol Masters.
Yet the area around him was empty. There was no one else in sight.
Before this vast palace, Qin An felt the danger in his heart steadily mounting.
Everything about this place was strange, and he had no clues to follow.
For now, it seemed he could only try going forward.
With that thought, Qin An raised his head toward the enormous palace doors.
But the instant the thought crossed his mind, the doors abruptly opened.
A cold wind blew through the gap, sending a chill down Qin An's spine.
Qin An looked up. Through the opening, he could see a long Passageway beyond the doors.
The doors opened extremely slowly, but the gap widened at a steady pace.
When they opened fully, Qin An seemed to hear a voice from somewhere unseen, urging him to enter the palace.
After a moment's thought, he told himself, If I stay outside, I probably won't find a way through this. I'll have to go in and see.
Qin An thought no further and stepped into the palace.
The instant he crossed the threshold, the Void Essence within him circulated, becoming a vast, terrifying force of Dharma